If “a == b” is false when comparing two NSString objects

Question

I have a class with an accessible method that passes back an NSString when called.

[MyClass getMyString]

The string variable

Answer 1

You're assuming that the C == operator does string equality. It doesn't. It does pointer equality (when called on pointers). If you want to do a real string equality test you need to use the -isEqual: method (or the specialization -isEqualToString: when you know both objects are strings):

if ([mySecondString isEqualToString:myString]) {
    i = 9;
}