Index

A number represents a single reference to a topic.

A number with a "+" sign represents a longer discussion of a topic.

A
`alloc` method 1
archiving
	character set objects 1
ASCII character encoding
	converting string object contents 1
`availableStringEncodings` method 1

C
C strings
	Cocoa string objects and 1
	creating and converting 1
character encodings
	string manipulation and 1 2
character sets
	custom 1 2
	example code 1
	guidelines for use 1
	mutable and immutable 1
	saving to a file 1
	standard 1 2
`characterAtIndex:` method 1
`characterSetWithContentsOfFile:` method 1
`compare:` method 1
`compare:options:` method 1 2
`compare:options:range:` method 1
comparing strings 1+
comparison methods for strings 1
`componentsSeparatedByString:` method 1
current directories
	resolving references to 1

D
`dataUsingEncoding:` method 1 2
`defaultCStringEncoding` method 1
`description` method 1
`descriptionWithLocale:` method 1
directories
	manipulating strings as paths 1 2

F
file-system paths and strings 1
format strings 1

G
`getCharacters:length:` method 1

I
`init` method
	for mutable character sets 1
`initWithData:encoding:` method 1 2 3
`initWithFormat:` method 1
`initWithFormat:locale:` method 1
ISO Latin 1 character encoding 1

L
`length` method
	for string objects 1
`letterCharacterSet` method 1 2
localization
	scanning strings and 1
	value formatting and 1
`localizedScannerWithString:` method 1 2
`localizedStringWithFormat:` method 1 2
`lowercaseLetterCharacterSet` method 1

M
`myString:` method 1

N
NSCharacterSet class 1 2
NSLayoutManager class 1
NSMutableCharacterSet class 1 2
NSMutableString class 1 2
NSScanner class 1 2+
NSString class
	creating string objects from 1
	described 1
	methods for representing file-system paths 1
	scanners and 1
NSView class 1

R
`rangeOfCharacterFromSet:` method 1 2
`rangeOfCharacterFromSet:options:` method 1
`rangeOfCharacterFromSet:options:range:` method 1
`rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex:` method 1
`rangeOfString:` method 1
`rangeOfString:options:` method 1
`rangeOfString:options:range:` method 1

S
`scan...` methods 1
scanners 1 2
	instantiating 1
	operation of 1
	sample code 1
`scannerWithString:` method 1
`scanUpToString:intoString:` method 1
search methods
	for strings 1
`setCaseSensitive:` method 1
`setCharactersToBeSkipped:` method 1
`setLocale:` method 1
`setScanLocation:` method 1
Shift-JIS character encoding 1
standard character sets 1 2
string objects
	combining and extracting 1
	comparison methods 1
	creating and converting 1+
	described 1
	drawing 1
	searching and comparing 1+
`stringByAppendingFormat:` method 1 2 3
`stringByAppendingString:` method 1 2 3
`stringWithCharacters:length:` method 1
`stringWithContentsOfFile:` method 1 2
`stringWithFormat:` method 1
`stringWithUTF8String:` method 1
`substringFromIndex:` method 1
`substringToIndex:` method 1
`substringWithRange:` method 1

U
Unicode
	characters in string objects 1
	code points used to define character sets 1
	in string objects 1
	NSCharacterSet and 1
	standard character sets 1
	string comparison standard 1
UTF8 character encoding 1
`UTF8String` method 1 2

W
`writeToFile:atomically:` method 1