finding a number in array

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I have an Array {-1,0,1,2,3,4...} I am trying to find whether an element exist in these number or not, code is not working

NSInteger ind = [favArray indexOfObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:3]];

in ind i am always getting 2147483647

I am filling my array like this

//Loading favArray from favs.plist
    NSString* favPlistPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"favs" ofType:@"plist"];
    NSMutableDictionary* favPlistDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:favPlistPath];

    NSString *favString = [favPlistDict objectForKey:@"list"];
    NSArray *favList = [favString componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
    //int n = [[favList objectAtIndex:0] intValue];

    favArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:100];
    if([favList count]>1)
    {
        for(int i=1; i<[favList count]; i++)
        {
            NSNumber *f = [favList objectAtIndex:i];
            [favArray insertObject:f atIndex:(i-1)];
        }
    }

can you show how you created the array? I suspect that it is not filled with NSNumber* but rather primitives. I believe NSNumber numberWithInt returns a pointer to a NSNumber object. — NG.
– NG., Commented Jul 8, 2010 at 12:15

Nikolai Ruhe · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-08 19:40:57Z

5

That's the value of NSNotFound, which means that favArray contains no object that isEqual: to [NSNumber numberWithInt:3]. Check your array.

After second edit:

Your favList array is filled with NSString objects. You should convert the string objects to NSNumber objects before inserting them in favArray:

NSNumber *f = [NSNumber numberWithInt:[[favList objectAtIndex:i] intValue]];

edited Jul 8, 2010 at 19:40

answered Jul 8, 2010 at 12:14

Nikolai Ruhe

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