CODEWITHSUNDEEP
objective-cuitableviewios5
jwhat
jwhat

Reputation: 2042

Different methods to set the text of a UITableViewCell

What's the difference (if indeed there is a difference) between:

UITableViewCell *cell;
...
cell.textLabel.text = [self.adviceData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];

and

UITableViewCell *cell;
...
NSString *text = [self.adviceData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[cell.textLabel setText:text];

They both seem to do the same thing, but one has more brackets. Do the brackets do something?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 102

Answers (2)

ySgPjx
ySgPjx

Reputation: 10265

The first one is just using the dot-notation syntax added in Objective-C 2.0. They both call the setText: method on the textLabel.

By the way, here's an article which will help you decide whether to use dot-notation syntax or not in your code.

Upvotes: 2

Sergey Kalinichenko
Sergey Kalinichenko

Reputation: 726809

They both do exactly the same thing, but the first one uses the alternative syntax for calling a setter (I'm ignoring the difference due to introduction of the NSString *text variable). Behind the scene, the compiler generates identical code for the two calls.

Upvotes: 1

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