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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Objective-C Creating a Data Model Creating a Data Collection

Posted by ariel lowenstein
ariel lowenstein
280 Points

initWithObjects problem

I can't complete the task. It requires me to add 'toothpaste' 'bread' and 'eggs' into the array shoppingList. I dont know where the problem is. It looks okay.

Thanks.

ViewController.h 
#import "UIViewController.h"

@interface ViewController : UIViewController

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *shoppingCart;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray *shoppingList;

@end
ViewController.m 
#import "ViewController.h"

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Add your code below!
  [self.shoppingList initWithObjects:@"toothpaste",@"bread",@"eggs",nil];
}

@end

1 Answer

Iris Avalon
Iris Avalon
14,477 Points
Iris Avalon
Iris Avalon
14,477 Points

Looks like there is a bit of an error over in your ViewController.m file. Down where you have

[self.shoppingList initWithObjects:@"toothpaste",@"bread",@"eggs",nil];

In order to init your shopping list, you need to specifically init it to a NSArray object. Like this!

self.shoppingList = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"toothpaste", @"bread", @"eggs", nil];

Your header file knows the shopping list is going to eventually have an NSArray object in it, but in your implementation you'll need instantiate a new array to that object. I hope that doesn't sound too confusing! The header file creates the shoppingList variable, and in your implementation you need to assign an NSArray to it :)

ariel lowenstein
ariel lowenstein
280 Points

Great explanation man!