Define * and @ in Objective-C.
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18-Dec-2015
Updated on 19-Sep-2020
Tarun Kumar
18-Dec-2015* is used for indicating pointers, because Obj-C is based on C language and C language having pointers. Since all object variables are pointers that's needed for each and every object. and
@ is used to identify NSString literals. If we will not use @ sign then it will be a C string. @ is a compiler directive which tell the compiler that this string is an Objective-C string. NSString and C strings are different so @ sign is used to differentiate them. but sometimes it relates to code or file constructs like @interface, @protocol, @implementation, and @end.