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Re: NSString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: strangeness
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Re: NSString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: strangeness


  • Subject: Re: NSString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet: strangeness
  • From: Gus Mueller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:46:43 -0700

I ended up getting the answer from Dustin Voss- Thanks Dustin!

Anyway, it's a known bug and there is a tech article up about it at:

http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1202.html

thanks,

-gus

Gus Mueller (email@hidden) wrote:
> I just noticed something that I thought was odd about the
> stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet method in NSString-
>
> I've got the following code (sorry for the formatting):
>
> int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
> NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
> NSLog(@"trimed is: '%@'",
> [@"s" stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:
> [NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]]
> );
> [pool release];
> return 0;
> }
>
> and it gives me the output:
>
> 2003-07-01 18:35:31.816 strtest[9480] trimed is: ''
>
> ... that seems a little weird- I figured it would just return the "s"
> again, not an empty string.. I read the docs on
> stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet and it suggests that what I'm thinking
> is correct, but the output isn't. If I use the string "ss", everything
> works fine, but a variation in the single s (" s") isn't.
>
> Can anybody shed some light on this? Do I misunderstand this api?
>
> thanks,
>
> -gus
>
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