Why is NSString stringWithString returning pointer to copied string?

Question

I\'m trying to copy an NSString value out of an NSMutableArray into a new variable. NSString stringWithString is returning an NS

Answer 1

Since NSString instances are not mutable, the +stringWithString: method is simply returning the input string with an incremented reference count.

If you really want to force the creating of a new, identical string, try:

NSString * copy = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [arr objectAtIndex:0]];

There is little point in doing so, though, unless you need the pointer to be unique for some other reason...