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Re: String Constants the solution
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Re: String Constants the solution


  • Subject: Re: String Constants the solution
  • From: William Squires <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:25:39 -0500

I just do a #define in the header like

#define kDictionayKey1 @"key1"
#define kDictionaryKey2 @"key2"

then use it somewhere in the .m file

foo = [myDic objectForKey:kDictionaryKey1];

and so on...

On Mar 8, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Prime Coderama wrote:

> I have references to 'ground' and 'air' in multiple files. It is usually used in this context, but not always.
>>  if ([transport.type isEqualToString:@"ground"]) {
>>    // do something for automobiles
>>  }
>>  else if ([transport.type isEqualToString:@"air"]) {
>>    // do something else for planes
>>  }
>>  else {
>>    // we don't care
>>  }
>
> Should I be using string constants to represent 'ground' and 'air' so if I ever change their literal, I just update it in one place? e.g.
>>  NSString * const TransportGround = @"ground";
>>  NSString * const TransportAir = @"air";
>
> I then decide I want to rename 'ground' to be 'wheels', then I would only update the above string constant.
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