In xcode, files are saved in utf8 format. Therefore, the variable object is also saved in utf8 format. Different Languages have different utf8 codes. English utf8 codes are the same as ascii codes. The number of UTF-8 encoded bytes for each character in different languages is different, and the bytecode is also different. For English characters, It is very convenient to view its ascii code. It is its ascii code. In fact, for non-English characters, the same is true for character set encoding. This is collectively referred to as the ASCII code, which is also described in many documents. There are many examples on the Internet to illustrate how to convert characters and ASCII codes. However, they do not mention how to convert Chinese characters and other non-English characters. Use the English conversion test, as shown below: // NSString to ASCIINSString * string = @ "A"; int asciiCode = [string characterAtIndex: 0]; // 65 // ASCII to NSStringint asciiCode = 65; NSString * string = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% c", asciiCode]; // A test it in Chinese, [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% c", asciiCode] is garbled characters, that is, they are not correctly identified. Before proceeding to the solution, let's take a look at the various formats in the stringWithFormat method. There are two formats for converting the ascii code into characters: % c and % C. /* % C 8-bit unsigned character (unsigned char), printed by NSLog () as an ASCII character, or, if not an ASCII character, in the octal format \ ddd or the Unicode hexadecimal format \ udddd, where d is a digit. % C 16-bit Unicode character (unichar), printed by NSLog () as an ASCII character, or, if not an ASCII character, in the octal format \ ddd or the Unicode hexadecimal format \ udddd, where d I S a digit. */use [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% C", asciiCode] to get the desired character. Take English, Chinese, and Japanese as examples. NSString * theString = @ "g"; unichar theChar = [theString characterAtIndex: 0]; NSString * theString1 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% c", theChar]; NSString * theString2 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% C", theChar]; NSLog (@ "theString = % @, % d, % @, % @", theString, theChar, theString1, theString2); theString = @ ""; theChar = [theString characterAtIndex: 0]; theString1 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% c", theChar]; TheString2 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% C", theChar]; NSLog (@ "theString = % @, % d, % @, % @", theString, theChar, theString1, theString2); theString = @ "character"; theChar = [theString characterAtIndex: 2]; theString1 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% c", theChar]; theString2 = [NSString stringWithFormat: @ "% C", theChar]; NSLog (@ "theString = % @, % d, % @, % @", theString, theChar, theString1, theString2); 2013-09-12 15: 36: 27.849 XYShopping [1892: 18e03] theString = g, 103, g, g2013-09-12 15:36:27. 849 XYShopping [1892: 18e03] theString = home, 23478 ,?, Jia 2013-09-12 15:36:27. 849 XYShopping [1892: 18e03] theString = too many bytes delayed, 12488 ,?, The result of explain shows that this method is correct. The two-byte characters can be displayed. I don't know what other languages will do. I have no conditions to test it.