iOS Problems Adding Object to NSMutableArray

[Stunner]

Ey guys, I am having trouble adding an NSDate object to an NSMutableArray and print out its counter. Here is what I have:

NSDate *curTime = [[NSDate alloc] init];
	NSMutableArray *arrayOfTimes;
	arrayOfTimes = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
	NSUInteger *counter;
	counter = [arrayOfTimes count];
	NSLog(@"counter: %@",counter);

This is what I get from the console:

2009-11-11 04:09:34.855 WTC[81711:20b] counter: (null)

I have spent the last hour googling to no success. So I was wondering if anyone here may be able to help me. After I get the counter storing values I would like to be able to iterate through the array and print each value it holds. Here is the code I have for doing that:

while (counter > 0) {
		id item = [arrayOfTimes objectAtIndex:counter];
		NSLog(@"NSDate: %@",item);
		counter--;
	}

Does that look good to you guys? No I do not care about what order it prints out in. Thanks in advance!

 

[ChOas]

This works fine for me:

NSDate *curTime  = [NSDate dateWithString:@"2009-11-11 13:41:00 -0100"];
NSDate *curTime2 = [NSDate dateWithString:@"2009-11-12 13:41:00 -0100"];

NSLog(@"curTime : %@",curTime);
NSLog(@"curTime2: %@",curTime2);

NSMutableArray *arrayOfTimes;
arrayOfTimes = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

[arrayOfTimes addObject: curTime];
[arrayOfTimes addObject: curTime2];

NSUInteger counter;
counter = [arrayOfTimes count];
NSLog(@"counter: %d",counter);

for (NSDate *thisDate in arrayOfTimes) {
        NSLog(@"item : %@",thisDate);
};

//or

int i=0;
for (i=0;i<counter;++i) {
        NSLog(@"item (method 2): %@",[arrayOfTimes objectAtIndex:i]);
};

Prints:

2009-11-11 13:49:36.679 mytest[116:93] curTime : 2009-11-11 15:41:00 +0100
2009-11-11 13:49:36.680 mytest[116:93] curTime2: 2009-11-12 15:41:00 +0100
2009-11-11 13:49:36.681 mytest[116:93] counter: 2
2009-11-11 13:49:36.682 mytest[116:93] item : 2009-11-11 15:41:00 +0100
2009-11-11 13:49:36.682 mytest[116:93] item : 2009-11-12 15:41:00 +0100
2009-11-11 13:49:36.683 mytest[116:93] item (method 2): 2009-11-11 15:41:00 +0100
2009-11-11 13:49:36.684 mytest[116:93] item (method 2): 2009-11-12 15:41:00 +0100

notes:
Counter is an NSUInteger, not a pointer to an NSUInteger.
In your code you never actually added the date to the array

 

[Troglodyte]

NSUInteger *counter;
counter = [arrayOfTimes count];
NSLog(@"counter: %@",counter);

counter isn't a pointer to a string is it?

while (counter > 0) {
		id item = [arrayOfTimes objectAtIndex:counter];
		NSLog(@"NSDate: %@",item);
		counter--;
	}

A for each loop would be less verbose.

 

[bredell]

Your counter variable is an integer so when logging you should use "%d", not "%@". Also, the index of the array starts with zero so you should iterate from 0 to (counter - 1).

 

[Stunner]

Oh wow... I am an idiot... haha. Thanks for pointing out my foolish mistakes man, I really appreciate it. Oh and thanks for that example on enumeration, I totally forgot you could do that with Obj-C.

 

[Stunner]

Your counter variable is an integer so when logging you should use "%d", not "%@". Also, the index of the array starts with zero so you should iterate from 0 to (counter - 1).

Yeah I realized that the %d is needed and thanks for pointing out my counter mistake. Maybe I shouldn't be staying up so late... haha.

 

[dejo]

Maybe I shouldn't be staying up so late... haha.

Staying up late is fine. It's the late-night posting that seems to be an issue around here.

If you're too tired to understand a problem, you're probably too tired to explain it well enough for the forum to understand. Gnome sane?

You = late-night developer postings in general.

 

[xsmasher]

Also, I think you want
NSUInteger counter;
not
NSUInteger *counter;

You don't need a pointer for NSUInteger.

 

[dejo]

Also, I think you want
NSUInteger counter;
not
NSUInteger *counter;

You don't need a pointer for NSUInteger.

Yup. As already noted in the second and third posts.

 

[Stunner]

Yeah thanks for all the help guys, issue is resolved. Staying up late just caused me to overlook some really easy-to-fix issues that I didn't catch. I think I explained my issue well enough . But yeah I agree in general, not wise to post or program when not working in your best state of mind.