Objective-C >> Capturing an Object Address in Memory

Question

How do I capture the address of an object at a certain point in my code? for example:

NSString * aString = @"bla bla";
//what is the current address of aString. i.e to which address in memory does it currently point to
aString = @"la la la";
//what is the current address of aString.

Answer 1

Example:

NSString *temp = @"123";

uintptr_t ptrAddress = (uintptr_t) temp;

NSLog(@"%@ %p %lu", temp, temp, ptrAddress);

Console:

2013-07-11 11:51:20.796 asd[6474:907] 123 0x17985c 1546332

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