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Nick Barnes
7,818 PointsValue Conversion Issue
Hello folks, the randomization code for this exercise gives me a Value Conversion Issue warning. How would I go about fixing this? The code works fine but it would be nice to be warning free! To confirm, the code is:
int random = arc4random_uniform(self.predictions.count);
The warning is:
THViewController.m:40:37: Implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'NSUInteger' (aka 'unsigned long') to 'u_int32_t' (aka 'unsigned int')
I'm using Xcode 5.1.1 on OSX 10.9.4 and I have followed the course exactly as prescribed.
Thanks for your help!
Nick
2 Answers
Nick Barnes
7,818 PointsHi Mike, thanks for your reply. Unfortunately that still gives me the same value conversion warning so I did some searching and found an article about this very problem for this very exercise on Stack Exchange - shame it was taken outside of Treehouse!
It states that arc4random_uniform takes in a value ( which is always 32bits regardless of system architecture but self.predictions.count will return an NSUInteger which is typedef'd differently for either 32bit or 64bit systems. As my system is 64bits, Xcode spits out the warning about wasted bits. The code given to prevent the warning uses casting to suppress the warning:
NSUInteger random = arc4random_uniform((uint32_t) self.predictions.count);
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsDoes this not work?
int random = (int)arc4random_uniform(self.predictions.count);