stringWithFormat returning newline - ios

Question

I am adding objects to a mutable array by selecting choice(s) from my table view and viewing them in a text field. When I use stringWithFormat, the line of code is automatically adding in characters.
Example: I choose Bob from my table view
Bob
When I do a NSLog, it is actually appearing as
(
Bob
)
But what is appearing in the text field is
( Bob)
Because there is
(\n Bob\n)
Here is the code that I am using to rid of the parentheses and replace commas with semicolons.
// All Names is the mutable array I am adding information in. tableData is another mutable array with set names in them
[AllNames addObject:tableData[0]];
// If I chose the first option
// NSString
ourForces = [NSString stringWithFormat: AllNames[0]];
// NSString
combinedForces = [ourForces stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"," withString:#";"];
// NSString
twoCombindForces = [combinedForces stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"(" withString:#""];
// NSString
UltmateCombinedForces = [twoCombindForces stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#")" withString:#""];
//personnel is the text field
personnel.text = UltmateCombinedForces;
Question now is : What is a less messy path to get
( Bob)
to appear as
Bob
in my text field?
Solution update: After the following lines:
// All Names is the mutable array I am adding information in. tableData is another mutable array with set names in them
[AllNames addObject:tableData[0]];
// If I chose the first option
// NSString
ourForces = [NSString stringWithFormat: AllNames[0]];
Include the following line of code:
personnel.text = [AllNames componentsJoinedByString:#";"];
That got rid of the (\n Bob\n) extra characters that were showing up in the field. Thank you all for you help and wisdom. =)

Answer 1

Use componentsJoinedByString: after filling the AllNames array:
personnel.text = [AllNames componentsJoinedByString:#";"];

Answer 2

OK, I think I understand what you're trying to do now.
You have an array of names...
NSArray *names = #[#"Bob", #"Sam", #"Dave"];
And you want a string of all these names...
#"Bob; Sam; Dave"
You seem to be separating them with a semi colon though? ; Is that correct?
You can do this with...
NSString *nameList = [names componentsJoinedByString:#"; "];
But I'm not entirely sure that this is what you're trying to achieve.

Answer 3

In NSLog the output expression
(
Bob
)
represents an array. To get rid of the parentheses and newlines instead of
NSLog(#"%#", AllNames[0]);
write
NSLog(#"%#", AllNames[0][0]);
… and please use variable names starting with a lowercase letter.

Answer 4

You can use NSCharacter Set to remove items you don't want.. The below might offer a less messy solution.
NSString *originalText = #"( Bob) ";
NSMutableCharacterSet *unwantedChars = [NSMutableCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet];
[unwantedChars addCharactersInString:#"()"];
NSString *refinedText = [[originalText componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:unwantedChars] componentsJoinedByString:#""];