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jayesh
jayesh

Reputation: 1

how can I print name of object in iOS

How can I print name of objects in Xcode? I am getting address of objects. Instead, I want names. Output is coming the address of boxes instead. How to get name of the boxes box 1 box 2?

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 302

Answers (1)

rmaddy
rmaddy

Reputation: 318824

You can't. Each Box instance has no concept of the name of the variable used elsewhere to point to it. In fact, any number of different variables can reference the same Box instance so it makes no sense to attempt to print the variable name.

If you really want a name, add a name property to your Box class.

And the best way to get sane output when logging a class instance, override the description method.

Add this to your Box class in the .m file:

- (NSString *)description {
    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Box: h:%f x w:%f x l:%f", _height, _width, _length];
}

Upvotes: 1

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