Objects are not stored in NSMutableArray

Question

I have a problem, storing instances of a viewController object. I want every user to have his/her own screen with some info on it and then be able to do modal to switch user.

The class instance of "User" and the array "Users" are defined in the .h file and the loop runs 5 times - but the array never gets populated:

- (void) chooseNumberOfUsers:(id)sender {
    numberOfUsers = [sender tag];
    NSLog(@"Number of users: %i", numberOfUsers);

    currentUser = 0; // Nul-indekseret

    // Herefter skal vi oprette spillerobjekter
    users = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    for (int i=0; i<numberOfUsers; i++) {
        user = [[UserViewController alloc] init];
        user.userid = i+1;
        [users addObject:user];
    }
    [users addObject:nil]; // Is this necessary?

    // Debug: show info about the first user
    NSLog(@"%@", [users objectAtIndex:0]); }

The user-object are created, but as mentioned, the array "users" never gets populated.

When it has run 5 times, it throws this error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '* -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil'

pmf · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 20:49:45Z

2

The following line is causing the error

[users addObject:nil]; // Is this necessary?

As the exception states, you can't add nil to a NSArray. If you ever need to add a null value to a Cocoa collection, NSNull is the way to do it.

edited Jun 13, 2012 at 20:49

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 20:42

pmf

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