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iOS

Posted by Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

1 of 3 Challenge Tasks Create an array named 'booksArray' with the following book titles: 'Hamlet', 'King Lear', 'Othello', 'Macbeth'.

is there anything wrong with my code?

self.booksArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Hamlet",@"King Lear",@"Othello",@"Macbeth",nil];

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

What lesson is this?

2 Answers

Brendan O'Brien
Brendan O'Brien
9,066 Points
Brendan O'Brien
Brendan O'Brien
9,066 Points

For the code challenge, yes. The left side of your equation needs some work.

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

whats the matter with it? how do i know when im suppose to use self on the code challenges?

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Rashii you may want to go read some Objective C primers before jumping into iOS development.

Brendan O'Brien
Brendan O'Brien
9,066 Points

Rashii Henry, you won't need to use self in the code challenges. At least I haven't had to so far and I'm just a few lessons ahead of you.

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

okay, i believe thats where i was confused.

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

Ernest, where would i find those?

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

There's a few posted on the forums, but just off the top of my head:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning_Objective-C_A_Primer/

http://courseware.codeschool.com/try_ios/objective_c_primer.pdf

Trevor Gerzen
Trevor Gerzen
2,749 Points
Trevor Gerzen
Trevor Gerzen
2,749 Points

If you simply remove self from Rashii's statement above it doesn't work. What am I missing?

Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
16,433 Points

i think i put on the left side

NSArray *booksArray =