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Chapter 15. Numbers, Strings, and Collections > Number Objects
Number Objects
All the numeric data types we’ve dealt with up to now, such as integers, floats, and longs, are basic data types in the Objective-C language—that is, they are not objects. For example, you can’t send messages to them. Sometimes, though, you need to work with these values as objects. For example, the Foundation object NSArray enables you to set up an array in which you can store values. These values have to be objects, so you can’t directly store any of your basic data types in these arrays. Instead, to store any of the basic numeric data types (including the char data type), you can use the NSNumber class to create objects from these data types. (See Program 15.1.)
Program 15.1.
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#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>
#import <Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h>
#import <Foundation/NSValue.h>
#import <Foundation/NSString.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSNumber *myNumber, *floatNumber, *intNumber;
NSInteger myInt;
// integer value
intNumber = [NSNumber numberWithInteger: 100];
myInt = [intNumber integerValue];
NSLog (@"%li", (long) myInt);
// long value
myNumber = [NSNumber numberWithLong: 0xabcdef];
NSLog (@"%lx", [myNumber longValue]);
// char value
myNumber = [NSNumber numberWithChar: 'X'];
NSLog (@"%c", [myNumber charValue]);
// float value
floatNumber = [NSNumber numberWithFloat: 100.00];
NSLog (@"%g", [floatNumber floatValue]);
// double
myNumber = [NSNumber numberWithDouble: 12345e+15];
NSLog (@"%lg", [myNumber doubleValue]);
// Wrong access here
NSLog (@"%i", [myNumber integerValue]);
// Test two Numbers for equality
if ([intNumber isEqualToNumber: floatNumber] == YES)
NSLog (@"Numbers are equal");
else
NSLog (@"Numbers are not equal");
// Test if one Number is <, ==, or > second Number
if ([intNumber compare: myNumber] == NSOrderedAscending)
NSLog (@"First number is less than second");
[pool drain];
return 0;
}
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