On Aug 29, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Koen van der Drift wrote:

> I'm having some difficulties constructing a URL from a baseURL and a 
> relativeURL when the relativeURL starts with a question mark:
> 
>    NSURL *baseURL = [NSURL URLWithString: @"http://www.test.com/test/";];
>    NSString *relativeString = @"?query=test";
> 
>    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: relativeString relativeToURL: baseURL];
> 
> This results in the following url:
> 
> ?query=test -- http://www.test.com/test/
> 
> While I want it to be:
> 
> http://www.test.com/test/?query=test
> 
> 
> I can just generate the whole URL at once, but I was wondering why I get this 
> behavior?

You are mistaking the description for the value.  You must not use the 
description for anything other than logging/debugging/human consumption.

If you want the URL converted to absolute form, invoke -absoluteURL.  If you 
need the URL as a string, invoke -absoluteString.

Regards,
Ken


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