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David Plans
2,756 PointsRandom quotes assignment seems dodgy
Hi there. I know this seems to have been covered in a previous discussion, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong. In challenge task 2 of Stage 4 (refactoring into a model) of the iOS Development track, the random quotes assignment, one's asked to create a @property called 'quotes' and then use it in the implementation. Here's my implementation:
#import "Quote.h"
@implementation Quote
-(NSArray *) quotes {
if (_quotes == nil) {
_quotes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"foo", @"bar", @"moo", nil];
}
return _quotes;
}
- (NSString *) randomQuote {
return [self.quotes objectAtIndex:arc4random_uniform(self.quotes.count);
}
@end
and in my header file, I have:
@interface Quote : NSObject
// Add property here
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *quotes;
- (NSString *) randomQuote;
@end
Unfortunately, it just keeps saying:
Bummer! Remember to allocate and initialize the instance variable '_quotes' and return it from the method named 'quotes'.
Any ideas?
3 Answers
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsHi David,
you are missing the closing square bracket at the end of:
return [self.quotes objectAtIndex:arc4random_uniform(self.quotes.count)];
David Plans
2,756 PointsYup! That was it! Thanks Holger.
Liam Herbert
15,140 PointsYou have to close the square bracket, like so:
return [self.quotes objectAtIndex:arc4random_uniform(self.quotes.count)];
Hope this helps