How can I convert the NSString to a array? - iphone

Question

For example, I read a data like this
a\tbcd\tttte\tjjjd\tnjnjnjd\tss\tee
and I want to make a array like this:
{ #"a", #"bcd", #"ttte", #"jjjd", #"njnjnjd", #"ss", #"ee" }
How can I do so? Thank you.

Answer 1

You can use -componentsSeparatedByString:, as in
NSArray *ary = [mystring componentsSeparatedByString:#"\t"];

Answer 2

- (NSArray *)componentsSeparatedByString:(NSString *)separator
componentsSeparatedByString: Returns
an array containing substrings from
the receiver that have been divided by
a given separator.
(NSArray *)componentsSeparatedByString:(NSString
*)separator Parameters separator The separator string. Return Value An
NSArray object containing substrings
from the receiver that have been
divided by separator.
Discussion The substrings in the array
appear in the order they did in the
receiver. Adjacent occurrences of the
separator string produce empty strings
in the result. Similarly, if the
string begins or ends with the
separator, the first or last
substring, respectively, is empty. For
example, this code fragment:
NSString *list = #"Norman, Stanley, Fletcher";
NSArray *listItems = [list componentsSeparatedByString:#", "];
produces an array { #"Norman",#"Stanley", #"Fletcher" }.
If list begins with a comma and
space—for example, ", Norman, Stanley,
Fletcher"—the array has these
contents: { #"", #"Norman",
#"Stanley", #"Fletcher" }
If list has no separators—for example,
"Norman"—the array contains the string
itself, in this case { #"Norman" }.
Availability Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.
See Also:
componentsJoinedByString: (NSArray)
– pathComponents
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Declared In NSString.h
From NSString docs