Question

For some reason the argument I pass to my if statement is not true for even though it should be heres my code:

    if (currentAttribute == cBusName)
    {
        NSLog(@"currentAttribute == cBusName");
    }

current attribute and cBusName are both NSMutableStrings an both equal “1” but the NSLog never outputs the string in the console is there something I am missing???

Answer 1

The == operator is comparing that those objects are the same object (IE they point to the same address in memory), not that their values are the same.

Try

if ([currentAttribute isEqualToString: cBusName])
{
    NSLog(@"currentAttribute == cBusName");
}

which compares the values of the two strings, not their location in memory.