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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Understanding Views and View Controllers CGRect and Frame

Posted by Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
3,341 Points

Why a struct?

Why are the size and origin variables structs and not arrays? Would they ever need anything besides an int or maybe a float? Is there any benefit in using struct vs array if you know its only going to be one type?

Thx

2 Answers

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

I'm not sure of the exact reason, but I do know that in C arrays can not store two different datatype ( thats why they made structs which are similar in structure but can hold different data types). I would guess that the struct in question here is probably storing numbers but of different types, i.e. floats and ints.

Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
3,341 Points
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
3,341 Points

Thanks!