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Re: indeterminate number of arguments
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Re: indeterminate number of arguments


  • Subject: Re: indeterminate number of arguments
  • From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:26:53 -0500

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Todd Heberlein <email@hidden> wrote:
> I see methods like this one (for NSArray) with an indeterminate number of arguments
>
>        - (id)initWithObjects:(id)firstObj, ...
>
> How can I declare my own method like this

Just like above, with ..., as in:

- (id) initWithObjects:(id)firstObject, ...;

> and how, in the implementation, do I access the set of arguments passed in?

Using the va_* macros found in stdarg.h. For example:

- (id) initWithObjects:(id)firstObject, ... {
    va_list args;
    id nextObject;
    NSMutableArray *arr = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObject:firstObject];

    va_start(args, firstObject);
    while (nextObject = va_arg(args, id)) {
        [arr addObject:nextObject];
    }

    va_end(args);
}

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