I am new to objective-c and I am a little curious about how I should be managing the memory for the local NSString variables shown below and the associated instance variables inside the class object. The code I have works fine, but just curious as to best practice.

I am new to Objective-C and I am a little curious about how I should be managing the memory for the local NSString variables shown below and the associated instance variables inside the class object. The code I have works fine, but just curious as to best practice.

I am new to objective-c and a little curious about how I should be managing the memory for the local NSString variables shown below and the associated instance variables inside the class object. The code I have works fine, but just curious as to best practice.

Edited to include full code, nothing special, like I say I am just curious if in this context I should be doing alloc  / release on the NSString objects.

I am new to objective-c and I am a little curious about how I should be managing the memory for the local NSString variables shown below and the associated instance variables inside the class object. The code I have works fine, but just curious as to best practice.

Edited to include full code, nothing special, like I say I am just curious if in this context I should be doing alloc/release on the NSString objects.

// Variables
NSString *planet_01_Geek;
NSString *planet_02_Geek;

// Assign local from object
planet_01_Geek = [newPlanet_01 geekName];
planet_02_Geek = [newPlanet_02 geekName];

// Output local to console
NSLog(@"Planet Geek    = %@", planet_01_Geek);
NSLog(@"Planet Geek    = %@", planet_02_Geek);

Edited to include full code, nothing special, like I say I am just curious if in this context I should be doing alloc / release on the NSString objects.

// MAIN ------------------------------------------------------------------- **
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "PlanetClass.h";

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {

    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    NSString *planet_01_Geek;
    NSString *planet_02_Geek;

    // Create planets
    PlanetClass *newPlanet_01 = [[PlanetClass alloc] init];
    [newPlanet_01 setGeekName:@"StarWars"];
    PlanetClass *newPlanet_02 = [[PlanetClass alloc] init];
    [newPlanet_02 setGeekName:@"Dune"];

    // Query a planet
    planet_01_Geek = [newPlanet_01 geekName];
    planet_02_Geek = [newPlanet_02 geekName];

    // Print details
    NSLog(@"Planet Geek    = %@", planet_01_Geek);
    NSLog(@"Planet Geek    = %@", planet_02_Geek);

    // Clean up
    [newPlanet_01 release];
    [newPlanet_02 release];
    [pool drain];
    return 0;
}

..

// CLASS HEADER ----------------------------------------------------------- **
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface PlanetClass : NSObject {
NSString *geekName;
}

- (NSString*) geekName;
- (void) setGeekName:(NSString*)gName;
@end
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **

..

// CLASS BODY ------------------------------------------------------------- **
#import "PlanetClass.h"

@implementation PlanetClass

- (NSString*)geekName {
    return geekName;
}
- (void)setGeekName:(NSString*)gName {
    geekName = gName;
}
@end
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **