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Michael Henry
Michael Henry
14,601 Points
Posted by Michael Henry
Michael Henry
14,601 Points

initializing a mutable array

Hi folks -

I know that I am doing something wrong here (I'm trying to initialize a mutable array) - what is it???

Thanks!

'''

NSString *myString1 = @"one";

NSString *myString2 = @"two";

NSMutableArray *items = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:myString1, myString2, nil];

'''

2 Answers

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You are re-declaring the array. You are supposed to the use the property which was defined in the first task. Your code would look something like this:

self.items = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:myString1, myString2, nil];

PS. For code formatting you need to use three backticks followed by the name of the language: ```objective-c

Michael Henry
Michael Henry
14,601 Points
Michael Henry
Michael Henry
14,601 Points

Thanks, Amit. That makes sense. Regards, Mike