How do I add a CGPoint to NSMutableArray?

Question

I want to store my CGPoint to the NSMutable Array, so , I have method like this:

[self.points addObject:CGPointMake(x, y)]; 

But I got the error, it said that :

Incompatible type for argument 1 of "addObject".

So, I check out the API,

- (void)addObject:(id)anObject 

anObject The object to add to the end of the receiver's content. This value must not be nil.

So, I think the "CGPointMake" can make a Object, but it can't be assigned. What happens?

Answer 1

The problem is that CGPoint is actually just a C structure it is not an object:

struct CGPoint {    CGFloat x;    CGFloat y; }; typedef struct CGPoint CGPoint; 

If you are on the iPhone you can use the NSValue UIKit additions to convert the CGPoint to an NSValue object.

See this previous answer for examples: How can I add CGPoint objects to an NSArray the easy way?

Answer 2

You can also do the following:

[myArray addObject:[NSValue valueWithCGPoint:MyCGPoint]];