Type Method

stringWithFormat:

Returns a string created by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted.

Declaration

+ (instancetype)stringWithFormat:(NSString *)format, ...;

Parameters

format: A format string. See Formatting String Objects for examples of how to use this method, and String Format Specifiers for a list of format specifiers. This value must not be nil.
Important
Raises an NSInvalidArgumentException if format is nil.
...: A comma-separated list of arguments to substitute into format.

Return Value

A string created by using format as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted without any localization.

Discussion

This method invokes initWithFormat:locale:arguments: without applying any localization. This is useful, for example, when working with fixed-format representations of information that is written out and read back in at a later time.

See Also

Creating and Initializing Strings

Returns an empty string.

Returns an initialized NSString object that contains no characters.

- initWithBytes:length:encoding:

Returns an initialized NSString object containing a given number of bytes from a given buffer of bytes interpreted in a given encoding.

- initWithBytesNoCopy:length:encoding:freeWhenDone:

Returns an initialized NSString object that contains a given number of bytes from a given buffer of bytes interpreted in a given encoding, and optionally frees the buffer.

- initWithCharacters:length:

Returns an initialized NSString object that contains a given number of characters from a given C array of UTF-16 code units.

- initWithCharactersNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:

Returns an initialized NSString object that contains a given number of characters from a given C array of UTF-16 code units.

- initWithString:

Returns an NSString object initialized by copying the characters from another given string.

- initWithCString:encoding:

Returns an NSString object initialized using the characters in a given C array, interpreted according to a given encoding.

- initWithUTF8String:

Returns an NSString object initialized by copying the characters from a given C array of UTF8-encoded bytes.

- initWithFormat:

Returns an NSString object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted.

- initWithFormat:arguments:

Returns an NSString object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted without any localization.

- initWithFormat:locale:

Returns an NSString object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted according to given locale.

- initWithFormat:locale:arguments:

Returns an NSString object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted according to given locale information. This method is meant to be called from within a variadic function, where the argument list will be available.

- initWithData:encoding:

Returns an NSString object initialized by converting given data into UTF-16 code units using a given encoding.

+ localizedStringWithFormat:

Returns a string created by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted according to the current locale.

+ localizedUserNotificationStringForKey:arguments:

Returns a localized string intended for display in a notification alert.

+ stringWithCharacters:length:

Returns a string containing a given number of characters taken from a given C array of UTF-16 code units.

+ stringWithString:

Returns a string created by copying the characters from another given string.

+ stringWithCString:encoding:

Returns a string containing the bytes in a given C array, interpreted according to a given encoding.

+ stringWithUTF8String:

Returns a string created by copying the data from a given C array of UTF8-encoded bytes.

Type for UTF-16 code units.