I would like to know what is the difference between dot notation and using square bracket.
android45 -2 Newbie Poster
ChrisPadgham 113 Posting Whiz
Nothing really it is just a matter of personal taste, you can use either as you wish.
geojia 0 Junior Poster in Training
There are certain situiations where message call are perferred over dot notation.
When using custom getters (same for setters) [obj getPropertyA] is more usefull than obj.propertyA because the formor is searchable. While you can search for "propertyA", you would find both getters and setters.
mptheapple11 0 Newbie Poster
Convention for getters and setters in ObjC encourages getter method be called the variable name and the setter be called the variable name preceeded by set.
getter: [obj myVar] or obj.myVar
setter: [obj setMyVar:value] or obj.myVar = value
This kind of negates the example given above. Dot notation and bracket notation are interchangeable and are largely left to the developers style and personal preference.
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