Quickies for NSString

Just for giggles, a few comparisons:

‘join’ an array of strings into a single string [permalink] 

Ruby: str = chunks.join(” :-) “)

‘split’ a string into an array

Ruby: array = string.split(‘:’)

Converting string to an integer

Ruby: “123”.to_i

Iterating attributes in an attributed string

Ruby: ??? no idea.  Completely lost as to what they’re doing.  It’s really late.

Making localizable strings

Ruby: Install gibberish?  ;-)

Stripping out newlines from a string

Ruby: ” str “.strip

Today’s date as a string

Ruby: Date.today.to_s

Sure, it’s an incredibly powerful language, but at the same time I’m consistently reminded of why I love ruby.