iOS Seemingly the Same Strings with different behaviour

Question

I'm storing a WAV filename in an array, including the extenstion. When I try to load it it is requiring the extension be removed. If I substring the extension off it abends, while the seemingly same string works fine when hard-coded.

I also tried using the stringByDeletingPathExtension method, with the same crash.

This code causes a crash

NSString *fileName = [[currentWord.audioFile componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] objectAtIndex: 0];
SFCLog(@"fileName: %@",fileName);
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:fileName ofType:@"wav"];
CFURLRef BaseURL = (__bridge CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

-[ViewController loadWord] [line 143] fileName:  owe_fr
2012-08-20 17:50:21.561 Hello[8053:16a03] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception     'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSURL initFileURLWithPath:]: nil string   parameter'

But this code executes

NSString *fileName = @"owe_fr";
SFCLog(@"fileName: %@",fileName);
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:fileName ofType:@"wav"];    
CFURLRef fluentBaseURL = (__bridge CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

Your `path` pointer is nil. Simple as that. – Adam Aug 20 '12 at 16:08 — Adam, Aug 20 '12 at 16:08

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '12 at 16:15

OK I found it. A leading space in the stored filename version - you can see it in the log statement. I found it by logging like this (Markers to either side of the string):

SFCLog(@"fileName :%@:",fileName);

Which logged as:

-[ViewController loadWord] [line 144] fileName : about_fr:

Cheers, Sean

iOS Seemingly the Same Strings with different behaviour

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