array initialization expected expression objective-C xcode 5.1.1

Question

I'm using the selector for Mac OS X Cocoa App and files of class for Mac OS X Cocoa : Objective C Classes.

I try to initialize an array of 5 integers variables.

The declaration of the array int tipoDeIVA [5] is located in the interface file ..

#import << Foundation/Foundation.h >>

@interface ArticleObj_EX01 : NSObject

{

@public

int tiposDeIVA;

int tipoDeIVA[5];

}

typedef struct article_structure article_a;

...

-(void) setInitClass

{

int cont=0;

// the next line give the error called Expected expression, say too "(!) Parse Issue" ..

tipoDeIVA [5]={0,0,0,0,0};

// to get initialize the array I 'need' use a loop for with the next code ..

for (cont=0;cont<5;cont++)

    tipoDeIVA [cont] = 0;

tiposDeIVA = 0;

}

...

I would like get initialize right arrays with multiple values in a single line of code.

Thanks, Sergio Xavier

you can't use initialization syntax that way if you've already declared it because it's no longer initialization, it's declaration and then assignment. — Lbatson

trojanfoe trojanfoe · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-05T19:24:42

You cannot initialise the array in a single line of code, you have to use the loop you mention:

for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    tipoDeIVA[i] = 0;

Under Objective-C you should probably be using NSArray or NSMutableArray instead.

Also the name of that method looks wrong as a method starting with set is expected to be the setter of a @property, and it should not start with init either, as that is designed for the initializer of the object (that method isn't supposed to be the init method is it?).

array initialization expected expression objective-C xcode 5.1.1

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