Remove @“” from NSString or typecast NSString into variable name

Question

I read a NSString from file and then I want to #define this as a UIColor so I can quickly change color\'s.

I want something to work like so:

#define GRAY         


        

Answer 1

Daniel's answer is probably the best. Since he hasn't provided any code, this is one implementation:

-(UIColor*) colorFromString: (NSString*) colorName
{
    static NSDictionary colors = nil;
    if (colors == nil)
    {
        colors = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: 
                                   [UIColor darkGreyColor], @"GRAY",
                                   [UIColor blueColor], @"BLUE",
                                   // etc
                                   nil];
        [colors retain];
    }
    return [colors objectForKey: colorName];
}