I'm trying to display all string items within an array in a text label.
self.latestTenThrows.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", self.savedThrowsArray];
The output of this in the view is however:
(
"4 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 14",
"6 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 2 = 22",
"2 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 6 = 17"
)
What should i do to get it to look like this:
4 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 14
6 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 2 = 22
2 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 6 = 17
See the Apple documentation for NSArray there is a method you can use to concatenate all the array elements with an inserted string:
NSString *s = [self.savedThrowsArray componentsJoinedByString: @"\n"];
self.latestTenThrows.text = s;
What you are seeing when you log the entire array at once is a formatted description of the array. If you want to format the array's contents on your own, extract each object and log it, like this:
for (NSString *line in self.savedThrowsArray) {
NSLog(@"%@", line);
}
You can change the @"%@" to match whatever output format you want, such as including leading or trailing spaces, or additional content.
If you want to composite all of the results into one string, that can be done like this:
NSMutableString *mStr = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
for (NSString *line in self.savedThrowsArray) {
[mStr appendFormat:@"%@\n", line];
}
self.latestTenThrows.text = mStr;
There is an NSArray method componentsJoinedByString
Assuming each element in your array is a string like one of the lines you've shown, you could use code like this:
NSString *combinedString = [componentsJoinedByString: @"\n"];
self.latestTenThrows.text = combinedString;
