[NSString stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]
Returns a new string representing the receiver as a path with a tilde (
~
) substituted for the full path to the current user’s home directory.
- (NSString *)stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath
Return Value of [NSString stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]
A new string representing the receiver as a path with a tilde (
~
) substituted for the full path to the current user’s home directory. Returns a new string matching the receiver if the receiver doesn’t begin with a user’s home directory.Discussion of [NSString stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]
Note that this method only works with file paths (not, for example, string representations of URLs).
Example of [NSString stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]
NSString *Path = @"~/NSData.txt";
NSString *absolutePath = [Path stringByExpandingTildeInPath];
NSLog(@"absolutePath:%@",absolutePath);
NSLog(@"Path:%@",[absolutePath stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]);
NSString *absolutePath = [Path stringByExpandingTildeInPath];
NSLog(@"absolutePath:%@",absolutePath);
NSLog(@"Path:%@",[absolutePath stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]);
Example of [NSString stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath]
-(void) finishedSearchForApplications:(NSNotification*) notification
{
//get the number of items in the results
NSUInteger resultCount = [[query results] count];
NSMutableArray* appsFound = [NSMutableArray array];
//loop through the results and add their paths to an array
NSUInteger i;
for(i=0;i<resultCount;i++)
{
id queryResult=[query resultAtIndex:i];
NSString* pathOfItem = [[[[queryResult valueForKey:@"kMDItemPath"] stringByStandardizingPath] stringByAbbreviatingWithTildeInPath] stringByDeletingPathExtension];
NSDictionary* fileInfo = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:pathOfItem forKey:@"path"];
[appsFound addObject:fileInfo];
}
NSLog(@"%ld apps found: %@",resultCount,appsFound);
//do something with appsFound
}