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Code Completion

Xcode includes a feature, called Code Sense, which maintains a rich store of information about the symbols defined in your project and its included files. Xcode uses this feature as a basis for code completion. Xcode supports code completion for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, and AppleScript.

When you are writing code, you often must type out or copy and paste long identifier names and lists of arguments. Code completion offers you a shortcut. As you type the beginning of an identifier or a keyword, Xcode suggests likely matches, based on the text you have already typed and the surrounding context of the file. This chapter describes how to use code completion and how to set code completion options. It also describes text macros, a feature that provides shortcuts for inserting common code constructs, using the code completion mechanism.

Contents:

Using Code Completion
Changing Code Completion Settings
Text Macros

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