How to pass a string as a tag of UIButton

Question

The tag value is an Integer:

UIButton *button=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button setTitle:addressField forState:UIControlStateNormal];
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Answer 1

Probably not best practice, but one simple way to pass a string with UIButton is to store it in the accessibilityIdentifier property.

yourButton.accessibilityIdentifier = "Some string you want to pass"

...

@objc func tappedButton(sender: UIButton) {
  print("passed string is: \(sender.accessibilityIdentifier)")
}