Objective C: Do I need to release the NSString in this example?

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Published on 2010-03-08T14:58:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 15:06 UTC
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debugTestLabel.text = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%g, %g", @"Testing String", @"I am another"];

I alloc the String and immediately assign to the text, but I don't know whether the string can auto release or not.

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