How to check the NULL value in NSString in iOS?

Question

I have an NSString and I want to check if it has a NULL value. If it does, then the if condition should execute. Else it should execut

Answer 1

+(BOOL)isEmpty:(NSString *)str{
    if (str == nil || str == (id)[NSNull null] || [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",str] length] == 0 || [[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",str] stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]] length] == 0){
        return YES;
    }
    return NO;
}

Just pass your string in Method :)

Answer 2

Use the following code:

-(void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
  //Example - 1
    NSString *myString;
    if([[self checkForNull:myString] isEqualToString:@""]){

        NSLog(@"myString is Null or Nil");

   }
   else{

     NSLog(@"myString contains %@",myString);

   }

 //Example - 2
   NSString *sampleString = @"iOS Programming";
    if([[self checkForNull:sampleString] isEqualToString:@""]){

        NSLog(@"sampleString is Null or Nil");

   }
   else{

     NSLog(@"sampleString contains %@",sampleString);

   }


}

-(id)checkForNull:(id)value{
    if ([value isEqual:[NSNull null]]) {

            return @"";
   }

    else if (value == nil)

            return @"";
    return value;

}

In Example -1, myString contains nothing. So the output is:

         myString is Null or Nil

In Example -2, sampleString contains some value. So the output is:

    sampleString contains iOS Programming

Answer 3

#define SAFESTRING(str) ISVALIDSTRING(str) ? str : @""
#define ISVALIDSTRING(str) (str != nil && [str isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]] == NO)
#define VALIDSTRING_PREDICATE [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:^(id evaluatedObject, NSDictionary *bindings) {return (BOOL)ISVALIDSTRING(evaluatedObject);}]

SAFESTRING("PASS_OBJECT_HERE");

Answer 4

  NSString *str;

  if ([[str stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]]          isEqualToString:@""] || str==nil) 
  {

  }