How to store enum values in a NSMutableArray

Question

My problem is since an enum in objective-c essentially is an int value, I am not able to store it in a NSMutableArray. Apparently NSMutableArray won't take any c-data types like an int.

Is there any common way to achieve this ?

typedef enum  {     green,     blue,     red  } MyColors;   NSMutableArray *list = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:                              green,                              blue,                              red,                              nil];  //Get enum value back out MyColors greenColor = [list objectAtIndex:0]; 

Answer 1

Wrap the enum value in an NSNumber before putting it in the array:

NSNumber *greenColor = [NSNumber numberWithInt:green]; NSNumber *redColor = [NSNumber numberWithInt:red]; NSNumber *blueColor = [NSNumber numberWithInt:blue]; NSMutableArray *list = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:                              greenColor,                              blueColor,                              redColor,                              nil]; 

And retrieve it like this:

MyColors theGreenColor = [[list objectAtIndex:0] intValue];