value assigned to a property in the model class disappears in the view/controller class

Question

Right before my model class sends the variable stringToDisplay, NSLog shows me that it has a value. But when I try to use it in my ViewController, I just get

Answer 1

I can guess that problem lies in the way you assign your stringForDisplay, eg.:

if you use something like

stringForDisplay_ = anotherString;

setter for property doesn't fire, so you have to retain your variable yourself otherwise it'll live just until your method finishes;

If so - use property setters, eg.:

self.stringForDisplay = anotherString;

that way ARC will do all the memory management.