Why isnt this variable an Attributed String?

Question

I have these 3 lines in code which are meant to take text from a .txt file and allocate it to an NSAttributedString

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"test" ofType:@"txt"];
NSString *text = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];

NSAttributedString *attString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text];

Using the debugger I know that the path is being found correctly, and the text is being added to the variable text fine, but its not converting to the NSAttributedString - the debugger just says "variable is not NSAttributedString"

What am I missing from the third line to allow the NSString to be converted to an NSSAttributedString? (I dont want any attributes, but Im presuming you can just load the string into an attributed string?)

DCMaxxx · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 09:19:07Z

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The problem might come from somewhere else I guess, just tried :

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"test" ofType:@"txt"];
NSString *text = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];

NSAttributedString *attString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text];

NSLog(@"Text : %@\nNSAS : %@", text, attString);

Here is the output :

2013-06-10 11:17:04.444 TestsSO[5554:c07] Text : hello, world !
NSAS : hello, world !{
}

Are you sure that text is filled correctly ?

answered Jun 10, 2013 at 9:19

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Giovanni Over a year ago

Yes, in the debugger i can run the command po text and it gives the entire text file. It just doesnt seem to want to convert to an attributed string! im sure i just missing out a small detail but i cant figure out what it is!

DCMaxxx Over a year ago

Any special content in the file ? As I said, the code above works for me.

Giovanni Over a year ago

no, just basic text with a little bit of markup in it, which I presume is part of the NSUTF8 encoding - just the usual symbols included, nothing out of the ordinary

DCMaxxx Over a year ago

Could you try with a simple content like I did (hello, word !, for example) ?

Ishu · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 09:23:08Z

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try with

NSAttributedString *attString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text attributes:nil];

Hope it will work.

answered Jun 10, 2013 at 9:23

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user1779765 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 09:43:29Z

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Try

NSMutableAttributedString *attri_str=[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]initWithString:text];


  [attri_str addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:15] range:NSMakeRange(0, 15)]; // Begin and Last letter

        [attri_str addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor colorWithRed:0/255.0 green:143/255.0 blue:255/255.0 alpha:0.75] range:NSMakeRange(0,25)];

I hope it help for you.

answered Jun 10, 2013 at 9:43

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