Can Objective-C switch on NSString?

Question

Is there a more intelligent way to rewrite this?

if ([cardName isEqualToString:@\"Six\"]) {
    [self setValue:6];
} else if ([cardName isEqualToString:@\"Se         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, switch statements can only be used on primitive types. You do have a few options using collections, though.

Probably the best option would be to store each value as an entry in an NSDictionary.

NSDictionary *stringToNumber = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                              [NSNumber numberWithInt:6],@"Six",
                                              [NSNumber numberWithInt:7],@"Seven",
                                              [NSNumber numberWithInt:8],@"Eight",
                                              [NSNumber numberWithInt:9],@"Nine",
                                              nil];
NSNumber *number = [stringToNumber objectForKey:cardName];
if(number) [self setValue:[number intValue]];