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Name for %@ %d in an NSString

2020-02-06 09:13发布

问题:

What are these called in Objective C? @"%@" @"%d" @"%i"

回答1:

They are called format specifiers, could also be called 'placeholders in a string for the variables that will follow'.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Strings/Articles/formatSpecifiers.html



回答2:

They are NSString literals. More specifically, they look they are being used as formatting strings for printf style functions.



回答3:

I believe that they are called 'format placeholders', as suggested by this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string#Format_placeholders