How to get the original string from NSLocalizedString?

Question

In my Swift app I have UIButton with title

NSLocalizedString("Barrels", comment: "Default oil convert type")

In Russian it will be "Баррели" , but for the logic of application I need to get the original string "Barrels" .

For ex.:

let index: Int = find(converter.oilConvertTypes.keys.array, sender.titleForState(UIControlState.Normal)!)!

Here I need to find the index of oilConvertTypes hash keys by the UIButton 's ( sender ) title. But title is in Russian and in oilConvertTypes all keys are in English.

Is it possible? Or I need to store original value in some separate var ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

A quick and simple solution would be to create a custom UIButton subclass with an additional NSString property for the English title. When it is tapped you can cast sender to your subclass and check the value of this property.