Converting NSNumber to NSString issue

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I know this is an issue that is already been asked a thousand times but of the few posted examples I've tried, I'm stilling running into issues. Right now I'm trying to display a value to my debug log of an object that holds the data I need as an NSNumber. What I was trying was the following line of code: ``` NSString *distanceString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", (NSNumber)self.selectedBeacon.distance ]; ``` However, with the above I get the following error: Used type 'NSNumber' where arithmetic or pointer type is required So then I tried the following: ``` NSString *distanceString = [NSNumber self.selectedBeacon.distance]; ``` But when I went to type `self.selectedBeacon.distance` the line didn't appear in my intelisense. So for my third attempt I've tried the following line; ``` NSString *distanceString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [NSNumber self.selectedBeacon.distance]]; ``` But the error I get is this; Expected ']' Though I can see i have two closing brackets so that…

Accepted Answer

Assuming `self.selectedBeacon.distance` is an `NSNumber`, then you can use `[NSNumber stringValue]` to get a string representation:

```
NSString *distanceString = [self.selectedBeacon.distance stringValue];
```

Converting NSNumber to NSString issue

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