How to read input in Objective-C? -

i trying write simple code searches 2 dictionaries string , prints console if string appears in both dictionaries. want user able input string via console, , pass string variable message. wondering how go getting string console , using argument in following method call.

[x rangeofstring:"the string goes here" options:nscaseinsensitivesearch]; 

i unsure how string user. use scanf(), or fgets(), char , convert nssstring, or scan nsstring itself. wondering how pass string argument. please help:

here code have far. know not succinct, want job done:

#import <foundation/foundation.h> #include <stdio.h> #include "stdlib.h"   int main(int argc, const char* argv[]){      @autoreleasepool {          char *name[100];         printf("please enter name wish search for");         scanf("%s", *name);         nsstring *name2 = [nsstring stringwithformat:@"%s" , *name];           nsstring *namestring = [nsstring stringwithcontentsoffile:@"/usr/share/dict/propernames" encoding:nsutf8stringencoding error:null];         nsstring *dictionary = [nsstring stringwithcontentsoffile:@"/usr/share/dict/words" encoding:nsutf8stringencoding error:null];          nsarray *namestring2 = [namestring componentsseparatedbystring:@"\n"];         nsarray *dictionary2 = [dictionary componentsseparatedbystring:@"\n"];          int nsyes = 0;         int dictyes = 0;          (nsstring *n in namestring2) {              nsrange r = [n rangeofstring:name2 options:nscaseinsensitivesearch];              if (r.location != nsnotfound){                 nsyes = 1;             }         }         (nsstring *x in dictionary2) {             nsrange l = [x rangeofstring:name2 options:nscaseinsensitivesearch];             if (l.location != nsnotfound){                 dictyes = 1;              }         }          if (dictyes && nsyes){             nslog(@"glen appears in both dictionaries");         }      } } 

thanks.

safely reading standard input in interactive manner in c kind of involved. standard functions require fixed-size buffer, means either input long (and corrupt memory!) or you'll have read in loop. , unfortunately, cocoa doesn't offer whole lot of help.

for reading standard input entirely (as in, if you're expecting input file on standard input), there nsfilehandle, makes pretty succinct. interactively reading , writing want here, pretty have go linked answer reading.

once have read input c string, can turn nsstring with, example, +[nsstring stringwithutf8string:].