How would I create a number of NSDictionary
variables using an array\'s count?
This is basically what I came up with, but I\'m not sure how to make this
You need to create a mutable array, and then put the objects into the array. You can't create a variable with the same name as the contents of a string, as you have done. For example:
NSMutableArray *arr = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:[doesntContainAnother count]];
int i = 0; // Note: type is int, not int*
for (i = 0; i < [doesntCountainAnother count]; i++) {
[arr addObject:[NSMutableDictionary dictionary]];
}
// Later...
NSMutableDictionary *d1 = [arr objectAtIndex:3];
Or if you want to pull them out of the list by name:
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:[doesntCountainAnother count]];
int i = 0;
for (i = 0; i < [doesntContainAnother count]; i++) {
[dict setObject:[NSMutableDictionary dictionary] forKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"loopDictionary%d", i]];
}
// Later...
NSMutableDictionary *d1 = [dict objectForKey:@"loopDictionary3"];
But the first way is likely the easiest.
Create a mutable array and loop until you reach the original array's count, creating a dictionary and adding it to the mutable array on each iteration.
Your code should look like this.
NSMutableArray *dictionaries = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < doesntContainAnother.count; i++) {
[dictionaries addObject:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[array1 objectAtIndex:i] forKey:[array2 objectAtIndex:i]]];
}
The approach of creating variables with numbers at the end of their names is an antipattern and not even possible in Objective-C. It's equivalent to an array, but clunkier.