Comparing String to Array

Question

I'm trying to get a word from a label and compare it to an text file, but for some reason I get "no" for a response no matter what i do. is there something wrong with the code.

wordS1 = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"c" ofType:@"txt"];
wordS2 = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:wordS1 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];        
wordArray = [wordS2   componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"];


for (compare = 0 ; compare != 58; compare++) 
{

    if ( [word.text isEqualToString:[wordArray objectAtIndex:compare]]) 
    {
        NSLog(@"Yes");    

    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"No");
    }


}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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My guess would be that there is some unwanted white space in the strings from the text file. Try changing isEqualToString to hasPrefix.

EDIT: that's actually not the best way to do it. Look here for removing the whitespace from the string Collapse sequences of white space into a single character and trim string

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Apr 08 '11 at 00:01

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try adding `NSLog(@"Label Text: %@",word.text); NSLog(@"WordArray Text: %@",[wordArray objectAtIndex:compare]);` right before the for loop. See if any of the strings actually are equal. – edc1591 Apr 08 '11 at 00:06
Did that and the words are the same. I can't seem to figure this out. – jusuf Apr 08 '11 at 00:18
What if you use `isEqualTo` instead of `isEqualToString`? – edc1591 Apr 08 '11 at 00:27
did to mean isEqual. because that has the same effect. – jusuf Apr 08 '11 at 00:38
Thank you for your help. turns out it was the white space. – jusuf Apr 08 '11 at 01:29

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