title: How to read input in Objective-C?
body: <p>I am trying to write some simple code that searches two dictionaries for a string and prints to the console if the string appears in both dictionaries. I want the user to be able to input the string via the console, and then pass the string as a variable into a message. I was wondering how I could go about <code>getting</code> a string from the console and using it as the argument in the following method call. </p>
  
  <pre><code>[x rangeOfString:"the string goes here" options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am unsure as to how to get the string from the user. Do I use scanf(), or fgets(), into a char and then convert it into a NSSstring, or simply scan into an NSString itself. I am then wondering how to pass that string as an argument. Please help:</p>
  
  <p>Here is the code I have so far. I know it is not succinct, but I just want to get the job done:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#import &lt;Foundation/Foundation.h&gt;
  #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
  #include "stdlib.h"
  
  
  int main(int argc, const char* argv[]){
  
      @autoreleasepool {
  
          char *name[100];
          printf("Please enter the name you wish to 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;
  
          for (NSString *n in nameString2) {
  
              NSRange r = [n rangeOfString:name2 options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
  
              if (r.location != NSNotFound){
                  nsYES = 1;
              }
          }
          for (NSString *x in dictionary2) {
              NSRange l = [x rangeOfString:name2 options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
              if (l.location != NSNotFound){
                  dictYES = 1;
  
              }
          }
  
          if (dictYES &amp;&amp; nsYES){
              NSLog(@"glen appears in both dictionaries");
          }
  
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks. </p>