indexOfObject vs. indexOfObjectIdenticalTo

objective-c nsarray
William Jockusch picture William Jockusch · Jul 2, 2010 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

What is the difference between these two NSArray methods?

Answer

Matthew Flaschen picture Matthew Flaschen · Jul 2, 2010

indexOfObjectIdenticalTo checks for the exact same id (same address). indexOfObject checks that isEqual: returns YES.

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