Re: Newbie Question on "self"
Re: Newbie Question on "self"
- Subject: Re: Newbie Question on "self"
- From: Charles Steinman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, Todd Heberlein <email@hidden> wrote:
> Well, you don't need the "self" prefix, but
> you may want to look at
> using "setters" and "getters". It would
> look like this
>
> @interface MyThingy : NSObject {
> ...
> NSString* myString;
> ...
> };
> ...
> @property (copy) NSString* myString;
> ...
> @end
>
>
>
> And then in the implementation file you would have
> something like this:
>
> @implementation MyThingy
> ...
> @synthesize myString;
> ...
> @end
>
>
> And then, when you set the value, you do it like this:
>
> [self setMyString: anotherString];
Using dot-syntax calls getters and setters. You would get exactly the same behavior by calling self.myString = anotherString.
Cheers,
Chuck
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