Question

Consider this code:

NSString *aString = @"\tThis is a sample string";
NSString *trimmedString = [aString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
NSLog(@"The trimmed string: %@",trimmedString);
trimmedString = [aString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"string"]];
NSLog(@"The trimmed string: %@",trimmedString);

Here if I use characterSetWithCharactersInString: on the same NSString object trimmedString, my previous whitespace trimming effect gets removed..

My question is,

Is there any possibility to use more than one NSCharacterSet object to the same NSString???
or Suggest me some other way to do this please, but the NSString object should be one and the same..

Answer 1

The problem is not because of character sets. Its because you are using aString while trimming the string second time. You should use trimmedString instead. Your code should look like,

trimmedString = [trimmedString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"string"]];