The code below should work. Updated it so I removed the top statement. I could’ve used NSString vs const char * or std::string from C++ but thought C Character Pointers would be quite appropriate for this case in point. Also revamped this so it’s in it’s own concise function: -(NSString*) extractFile:(const char*) url { NSURL … Read more
UPDATE: Since 2010 when this was written, it seems Apple has released a set of tools for that purpose. Please see the answers below for those. Old-School Solution: Well I know you said “the quickest way” but after I started doing a test with NSScanner I just couldn’t stop. And while it is not the … Read more
Question 1: What is the actual difference between these methods? Let’s analyze this writing 6 lines of code – 3 for a local and 3 for http URL – and playing around with them a little bit. Let’s create an NSURL using the file:// scheme. If you ask yourself why there are 3 / after … Read more