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iOS Build a Diary App Using Core Data Listing Data using NSFetchedResultsController Fetched Results Controller

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P M
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P M
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Strange syntax: [self.fetchedResultsController sections][section]

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    id <NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo> sectionInfo = [self.fetchedResultsController sections][section];//what is this syntax?
    return [sectionInfo numberOfObjects];

}

In this function, I do not understand what kind of syntax is this: 

[self.fetchedResultsController sections][section]

Why is "section" itself in square brackets, what does it mean? I tried sending it as a message to .sections property, and it said that it's not implemented. Could you explain this piece of syntax please, how does it work and what it does, and perhaps give some example of usage in other situations?

P M
P M
7,320 Points
P M
P M
7,320 Points

Hm, am I answering my own question again? It's shorthand syntax for accessing an object in an array, isn't it? =)

I think syntax like self.fetchedResultsController.sections[section] would be much clearer. I thought it was some esoteric method call first...