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Reputation: 40329

Why can't I put a constant into an CGRectMake?

I have tried this:

CGRectMake(0.0f, kFooBarHeight, 100.0f, 10.0f);

I get an error unexpected ';' before ')', and too few arguments for CGRectMake. When I exchange this with:

CGFloat foo = kFooBarHeight;
CGRectMake(0.0f, foo, 100.0f, 10.0f);

then all is fine. Are constants not suitable to pass along as parameters?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1448

Answers (2)

Dave Gamble
Dave Gamble

Reputation: 4174

Change your

#define kFooBarHeight 100;

to

#define kFooBarHeight 100

Semicolons should not be used to terminate #defines unless you know for certain how it will be used.

Upvotes: 3

Jonathon
Jonathon

Reputation: 705

Without the kFooBarHeight definition it's impossible to give a good answer but I'm guessing you defined kFooBarHeight using a preprocessor definition? If so, best guess is you added a semicolon to the end. Your definition should look like this: #define kFooBarHeight 10 but you have set as: #define kFooBarHeight 10; .

If what you have is the second definition when it replaced by the preprocessor you get:

CGRectMake(0.0f, 10;, 100.0f, 10.0f);

That's why your second example works correctly, it expands to:

CGFloat foo = 10;;
CGRectMake(0.0f, foo, 100.0f, 10.0f);

Again, this is just an educated guess, it's impossible to say without the actual definition of kFooBarHeight.

Upvotes: 15

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