===== isEqualToString===== - (BOOL)isEqualToString:(NSString *)aString; Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a given string is equal to the receiver using an literal Unicode-based comparison. ===== ObjC Sourcecode Example ===== NSString *myString1=@"Hello World"; NSString *myString2=@"Hello World"; if([myString1 isEqualToString:myString2]){ NSLog(@"similar"); } else{ NSLog(@"dissimilar"); } // it returns a boolean, a special int NSLog(@"%i", [myString1 isEqualToString:myString2]); ==== Output for this example code ==== 2012-04-15 12:47:04.266 FoundationNSString[719:403] similar 2012-04-15 12:47:04.269 FoundationNSString[719:403] 1