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Understanding NSString comparison in Objective-C

I’v encountered strange things in objective-c, I’m trying to compare cell.label with elements title which is string. to identify whever it is a cell I am looking for.

NSLog(@"%@", cell.textLabel.text);
NSLog(@"%@", [_dropDownSelection1.elements[1] title]);
if(cell.textLabel.text == [_dropDownSelection1.elements[1] title]){
    NSLog(@"Positive");
}
else{
    NSLog(@"Negative");
}

NSLog prints that the text in both is exactly the same, but still i always end up with negative… Why is that?

Answer 1

You should use [cell.textLabel.text isEqualToString:[_dropDownSelection1.elements[1] title]] to compare the strings.