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Re: getting a selector for string
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Re: getting a selector for string


  • Subject: Re: getting a selector for string
  • From: Angela Brett <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 22:42:12 +1300

At 3:32 AM -0500 4/2/2003, Ken Tozier wrote:
I could have sworn that I saw some way to get a selector for a given a string that defines a method name, but I can seem to find it now.

For example:

NSString *methodName = @"goToBedItsLate";

SEL methodSelector = SomeUnknownFunction( methodName );

Is there any way to do this?

I was about to go to bed (it's late) when I saw your message and thought I'd better respond because you said what I was thinking... even though I know you'll get about 20 replies to this one. It's NSSelectorFromString( methodName ); and it's in the Objective-C Runtime section of the Functions section of the Foundation documentation.

It's one of those features which reminds me of the funky string-to-method-to-variable-name sort of stuff which could be done in HyperTalk. :)
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Angela Brett Email: email@hidden
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