Getting the text from a NSTextField and setting it to an already defined String

Question

Im brand new to Cocoa, and im struggling to find the answer and figure it out.

if I have a NSTextField how can I get the value (stringvalue) of that and save it in a predefined string variable, there after display it in the debug using NSLog()?

Thanks

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '11 at 02:05

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Just use the stringValue method by NSTextField and save it to a NSString



@interface MyClass : NSObject
{
    NSTextField *textField;
}
-(IBAction)displayString:(id)sender;
@end


@implementation

-(IBAction)displayString:(id)sender
{
    NSString *string = [textField stringValue];
    NSLog (@"%@", string);
}

@end

Just connect the displayString method to the NSTextField and it should work.

answered Sep 29 '11 at 02:05

TheAmateurProgrammer

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Thanks, I had tried that before, the code executes without problems, but the Output in the debug window isnt displayed. – Robert de Klerk Sep 29 '11 at 02:25
Did you press enter after inserting the text you want? – TheAmateurProgrammer Sep 29 '11 at 02:32
I actually have a button that fires the event, which I have connected to the method. the method does execute, cos i have another NSLog that writes hardcoded text, just for testing. – Robert de Klerk Sep 29 '11 at 02:40

Getting the text from a NSTextField and setting it to an already defined String

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