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iOS Build a Blog Reader iPhone App Getting Data from the Web Mutable vs Immutable

Posted by Jayant Sani
Jayant Sani
4,354 Points

Not Working

Why is this code challenge not accepting my response when I type the line:

NSMutableArray *elements = [NSMutableArray initWithCapacity:0];

3 Answers

Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

well what you need to do is set its capacity to one because when you call an object you say atIndex:0 because that's its memory address, but when setting up the array you want to let it hold 1 because 1 does not point to the address, it simply says that it can hold one object.

here's my code i put and it past.

NSMutableArray *elements = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:1];

Hope this helps, Kai.

Jayant Sani
Jayant Sani
4,354 Points
Jayant Sani
Jayant Sani
4,354 Points

Legend. Thanks, it ended up working.

But, that syntax is deprecated. They should really update this and also allow dictionary literal syntax (which I've tried as well).

Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

yes i totally agree.

to our iOS journeys, Kai.

Ben Zenker
Ben Zenker
3,210 Points
Ben Zenker
Ben Zenker
3,210 Points

Same issue. but i doubt they will update stuff like that now with swift being the new hot thing right around the corner

Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

ya swift should definitely be a top priority to put out content for.