Concatenate String in String Objective-c

I want to place a string within a string. Basically in pseudo code:

"first part of string" + "(varying string)" + "third part of string"

How can I do this in objective-c? Is there a way to easily concatenate in obj-c? Thanks!

Yes, do

NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"first part %@ second part", varyingString];

For concatenation you can use stringByAppendingString

NSString *str = @"hello ";
str = [str stringByAppendingString:@"world"]; //str is now "hello world"

For multiple strings

NSString *varyingString1 = @"hello";
NSString *varyingString2 = @"world";
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@ %@", varyingString1, varyingString2];
//str is now "hello world"

Variations on a theme:

NSString *varying = @"whatever it is";
NSString *final = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"first part %@ third part", varying];

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NSString *varying = @"whatever it is";
NSString *final = [[@"first part" stringByAppendingString:varying] stringByAppendingString:@"second part"];

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NSMutableString *final = [NSMutableString stringWithString:@"first part"];
[final appendFormat:@"%@ third part", varying];

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NSMutableString *final = [NSMutableString stringWithString:@"first part"];
[final appendString:varying];
[final appendString:@"third part"];

NSString * varyingString = ...;
NSString * cat = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s%@%@",
  "first part of string",
  varyingString,
  @"third part of string"];

or simply -[NSString stringByAppendingString:]

You would normally use -stringWithFormat here.

NSString *myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@%@", @"some text", stringVariable, @"some more text"];

Just do

NSString* newString=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"first part of string (%@) third part of string", @"foo"];

This gives you

@"first part of string (foo) third part of string"

Iam amazed that none of the top answers pointed out that under recent Objective-C versions (after they added literals), you can concatenate just like this:

@"first" @"second"

And it will result in:

@"firstsecond"

You can not use it with NSString objects, only with literals, but it can be useful in some cases.

simple one:

[[@"first" stringByAppendingString:@"second"] stringByAppendingString:@"third"];

if you have many STRINGS to Concatenate, you should use NSMutableString for better performance