iOS Please Help NSString Cutting off Characters

[sm4ck]

OK, I think this is a very stupid problem but it is driving me nuts and I just can't figure out what the problem is (probably too much eggnog over the holidays). I'm trying to create a NSString from two other NSStrings and it seems like everything over a certain number of characters gets cut off.

  // Convert texture name to NSString
  NSString *ns_texture_name = [NSString stringWithCString:texture_name length:strlen(texture_name)];  
  
  // Get the path
  NSString *ns_path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:ns_texture_name ofType:@"tga"];

  // NSString *full_path = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@/%@.tga", ns_path, ns_texture_name];
  NSString * full_path = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@/%@.tga", ns_path, ns_texture_name];

Everything seems to be working but the texture name and ".tga" do not get appended to the path. I have tested with two shorter strings and they get concatenated as expected.

Very frustrating, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

A few comments:

Don't use stringWithCString:length: it's deprecated. Use stringWithCString:encoding: if you must, or stringWithUTF8String:, which is pretty much the same thing.

Don't manipulate paths in that way. Use the methods in NSPathUtilities.h, like stringByAppendingPathComponent and stringByAppendingPathExtension. Those are easier to use.