Question

Is there any simple way how to initialize String in Objective-C with int such as in Java:

String myStr = 42 + "";

or I have to do

[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", 42];

everytime?

Answer 1

You could also use the NSNumber class for that:

NSNumber *number = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithInteger: val];
NSString *string = [number stringValue];

Perhaps not shorter, but it could be eventually faster.
Also you could create as said a helper method, than you wouldn’t have to use more code than with the stringWithFormat: method.