CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosobjective-carraysobject
Howdy_McGee
Howdy_McGee

Reputation: 10643

Array Keeps Returning Null

So I have an array of student names. I'm running test data so I'm going through a loop allocating and initializing each student then just throwing it in stuArr - If I NSLog my Student.h init() method it will give me the names I would expect but when I try to call them outside of my method I get null values:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        stuArr = [stuArr arrayByAddingObject:[[Student alloc] init]];
        id test = [stuArr objectAtIndexedSubscript:i];
        NSLog(@"%@", [test stuName]);
    }
}

Am I missing something vital here? If need be I can throw in my Student.m File but everything seems fine there.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 472

Answers (2)

nanako
nanako

Reputation: 161

tikhop is right: if you fill an array in a for loop you should initialize NSMutableArray (mutable Array because you are changeing the array in the loop) before you fill it. in the loop you adding objects to the array with [array addObject:id].

What [array arrayByAddingObject:id] does is it creates a copy of the receiving Array and adds the new object to the end. which means to use that you will need to do something like the following (doesn't make much sense to do that in an for-loop though but maybe it helps to understand):

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    NSArray *stuArr = [NSArray alloc] init]; //stuArr can be used now

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        //someCopiedArr is some existing array- arrayByAddingObject will copy someArr and add an object
        stuArr = [someArr arrayByAddingObject:[[Student alloc] init]];
        id test = [stuArr objectAtIndexedSubscript:i];
        NSLog(@"%@", [test stuName]);
    }
}

In the end stuArr will be a copy of someArr just with the object added to the end.

Upvotes: 1

tikhop
tikhop

Reputation: 2087

I guess that you should alloc + init stuArr before this line:

stuArr = [stuArr arrayByAddingObject:[[Student alloc] init]];

Or try to do something like this:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    NSMutableArray *mutStudentsArray = [NSMutableArray array];

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        [mutStudentsArray addObject:[[Student alloc] init]];
        id test = [mutStudentsArray objectAtIndex:i];
        NSLog(@"%@", [test stuName]);
    }

    stuArr = [NSArray arrayWithArray:mutStudentsArray];
}

Upvotes: 5

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