Question

Since NSSstring is not defined in length like integer or double, do I run the risk of problems allocating an array of NSStrings for it using malloc?

thanks

ie:

NSString ***nssName;
nssName = (NSString***) malloc(iN * sizeof(NSString*));

the end result with for_loops for the rows is a 2D array, so it is a little easier to work then NSArray(less code).

Answer 1

No problems should arise, allocating an array of NSStrings is like making an array of the pointers to string objects. Pointers are a constant length. I would recommend just using NSArray but it is still fine to use a C array of NSStrings. Note that this may have changed with ARC.

Here is completely acceptable code demonstarting this:

NSString** array = malloc(sizeof(NSString*) * 10); // Array of 10 strings
array[0] = @"Hello World"; // Put on at index 0
NSLog(@"%@", array[0]); // Log string at index 0