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stringByAppendingFormat

   - (NSString *)stringByAppendingFormat:(NSString *)format, …

Returns a string made by appending to the receiver a string constructed from a given format string and the following arguments.

ObjC Sourcecode Example

    for(int a=0; a<5; a++)
        { 
	    NSString *cycle=@"Pass";
 
            cycle=[cycle stringByAppendingFormat:@"%i", a];
 
            NSLog(@"%@", cycle);
        }
 

Output for this example code

2012-04-15 12:14:53.335 FoundationNSString[649:403] Pass0
2012-04-15 12:14:53.339 FoundationNSString[649:403] Pass1
2012-04-15 12:14:53.340 FoundationNSString[649:403] Pass2
2012-04-15 12:14:53.341 FoundationNSString[649:403] Pass3
2012-04-15 12:14:53.342 FoundationNSString[649:403] Pass4