Hi, I have just spent time investigating why an if statement involving an [array count] was apparently misbehaving.
The construct was this: if(3 < ([zAry count] - 10)) It delivers a (to me unexpected) result when [zAry count] < 10. In fact if(3 >= ([zAry count] - 10)) also returns an unexpected result for the same [zAry count] value. The reason is that [zAry count] returns a result of type NSUInteger!!!! Thus for this type of comparison I need to coerce the type to NSInteger i.e. if(3 < ((NSInteger)[zAry count] - 10)) Why might the Cocoa developers have chosen to do this? Julius ====== Here to satisfy possible curiosity is my test code snippet and results NSMutableArray * zAry = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init]; for(NSInteger i = 0; i < 7; i++) { [zAry addObject:@"obj"]; } NSLog(@"[zAry count] = %d",[zAry count]); if(3 < ([zAry count] - 9)) { NSLog(@"A1: wrong result for: 3 < %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"A2: correct result for: 3 < %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } if(3 >= ([zAry count] - 9)) { NSLog(@"B1: correct result for: 3 >= %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"B2: wrong result for: 3 >= %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } NSInteger zAryCount = [zAry count]; if(3 < (zAryCount - 10)) { NSLog(@"C1: wrong result for: 3 < %d",(zAryCount - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"C2: correct result for: 3 < %d",(zAryCount - 9)); } NSUInteger zUInt = 7; if (3 < (zUInt - 9)) { NSLog(@"E1: wrong result for: 3 < %d",(zUInt - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"E2: correct result for: 3 < %d",(zUInt - 9)); } // these produce the required result if(3 < ((NSInteger)[zAry count] - 9)) { NSLog(@"F1: wrong result for: 3 < %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"F2: correct result for: 3 < %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } if(3 >= ((NSInteger)[zAry count] - 9)) { NSLog(@"G1: correct result for: 3 >= %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } else { NSLog(@"G2: wrong result for: 3 >= %d",([zAry count] - 9)); } 2011-05-29 20:41:19.107 TestIf[4858:903] [zAry count] = 7 2011-05-29 20:41:19.110 TestIf[4858:903] A1: wrong result for: 3 < -2 2011-05-29 20:41:19.110 TestIf[4858:903] B2: wrong result for: 3 >= -2 2011-05-29 20:41:19.111 TestIf[4858:903] C2: correct result for: 3 < -2 2011-05-29 20:41:19.111 TestIf[4858:903] E1: wrong result for: 3 < -2 2011-05-29 20:41:19.111 TestIf[4858:903] F2: correct result for: 3 < -2 2011-05-29 20:41:19.112 TestIf[4858:903] G1: correct result for: 3 >= -2 http://juliuspaintings.co.uk _______________________________________________ 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