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Rodrigo Chousal
16,009 PointsHow do you initialize an ID variable to 'nil'?
Instructions: Declare a variable named thing of type id and initialize it to nil.
3 Answers
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsHi Rodrigo,
you would do that like id thing = nil;
Rodrigo Chousal
16,009 PointsWhat about this? Assign an NSNumber literal with a value of '4' to the variable 'thing'.
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsYou might want to check out How to declare a variable as type id and initialize it to a string.
Rodrigo Chousal
16,009 PointsThank you.
Rodrigo Chousal
16,009 PointsRodrigo Chousal
16,009 PointsWhy wouldn't you write
id *thing = nil;?