Hi Thanks Yeah the keys are ints and this helps a lot.
Thanks again... On 22 apr 2010, at 18:31, Reinhard Segeler wrote: > Hi, > > correct me if I'm wrong, but what you're doing is a calculation with the > pointers ( * of NSNumber) not the values. You have to calculate it like this: > > NSInteger fieldOne = [ [ managedObject valueForKey:@"key1"] intValue]; // > if it's an integer > NSInteger fieldTwo = [ [ managedObject valueForKey:@"key2"] intValue]; > NSInteger fieldThree = [ [ managedObject valueForKey:@"key3"] intValue]; > > if ( fieldTwo > 0 ) > { > NSNumber *answer = [ NSNumber numberWithInt:fieldTwo - fieldOne + > fieldThree]; > [ self.managedObject setValue:answer forKey:@"key4"]; > // maybe you need to this instead > [ self.managedObject setValue:[ answer stringValue] forKey:@"key4"]; > } > > Don't know if intValue in this context works, if not then use this > alternative, which must work in any way: > > Your code and change the following lines: > > NSNumber *answer = [ NSNumber numberWithInt: [fieldTwo intValue] - [fieldOne > intValue] + [fieldThree intValue] ]; > > [ self.managedObject setValue:answer forKey:@"key4"]; > //or > [ self.managedObject setValue:[ answer stringValue] forKey:@"key4"]; > //stringValue to present it in a textfield > > Hope that helped... MacMeideln > > Am 22.04.2010 um 17:36 schrieb Arnold Nefkens: > >> Hello list, >> >> Im quite new, and probably missing something. >> >> I want to do a calculation of three fields inside of a entity in CoreData. >> >> Below is the code, what is wrong? >> >> NSNumber *fieldOne = [managedObject valueForKey:@"key1"]; >> NSNumber *fieldTwo = [managedObject valueForKey:@"key2"]; >> NSNumber *fieldThree = [managedObject valueForKey:@"key3"]; >> if (fieldTwo > 0) { >> NSNumber *answer = ((fieldTwo - fieldOne) + fieldThree); >> [self.managedObject setValue:[answer intValue] forKey:@"key4"]; >> } >> >> If I debug the right values are being shown in the fieldOne, fieldTwo and >> fieldThree. But the calculation answer is all the time out of scope..... >> >> What am I missing? >> >> hope someone can help... >> >> Arnold Nefkens_______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/macmeideln%40googlemail.com >> >> This email sent to macmeid...@googlemail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com