objective c - get type of NSNumber

Question

I want to get the type of NSNumber instance.

I found out on http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSNumber this:

 NSNumber *myNum = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithBool:TRUE];

 if ([[myNum className] isEqualToString:@"NSCFNumber"]) {
  // process NSNumber as integer
 } else if  ([[myNum className] isEqualToString:@"NSCFBoolean"]) {
  // process NSNumber as boolean
 }

Ok, but this doesn't work, the [myNum className] isn't recognized by the compiler. I'm compiling for iPhone.

Answer 1

I recommend using the -[NSNumber objCType] method.

It allows you to do:

NSNumber * n = [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES];
if (strcmp([n objCType], @encode(BOOL)) == 0) {
    NSLog(@"this is a bool");
} else if (strcmp([n objCType], @encode(int)) == 0) {
    NSLog(@"this is an int");
}

For more information on type encodings, check out the Objective-C Runtime Reference.