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Luis Paulino
Courses Plus Student 1,779 PointsHow do I allocate and int the NSString?
NSString *myRide =[[NSString *myRide alloc]; this is my attempt. What exactly am I doing wrong?
1 Answer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsThe concept of creating (initializing) an instance (object) of a class looks as follows:
// Standard initialization
// Allocate memory first, than initialize the object
AClass *myInstance = [[AClass alloc] init];
// Most objects provide a shorthand method
// that is equivalent. Note: some classes have
// more descriptive shorthand initializers, like
// `array` instead of new `for` NSArrays.
AClass *myInstance = [AClass new];
Please note that this might not be the designated initializer, many times you want to pass parameters to the initializer. Code completion and docs to the rescue ;)
Applying that to your task, it might look like this:
NSString *myRide = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"Porsche"];
However, code completion will warn you that this way of initializing a string is redundant. NSStrings can be initialized with so called literals:
NSString *myRide = @"Porsche";
There is many ways of initializing objects, so it is always worth checking the class documentation what might come in handy for your case.
Hope that helps :)