Re: Newbie: cannot find method

FROM : Matt Diephouse
DATE : Sat Nov 06 21:13:56 2004

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:53:29 -0800, Jesse Abram <<email_removed>> wrote:
> I have a method within a controller class, from which I try to call
> another method, declared within the same header file, and defined
> within the same code, using [self theOtherMethodName];
> I get a compiler error, saying that the method cannot be found. Here
> are some code fragments with added comments:
>
> //as they appear in the header file of the class:
> - (IBAction)JDAProcess:(id)sender;
> - (IBAction)JDAWriteOut:(id)sender;
>
> //in the code, the second method tries to call the first one using:
> [self JDAProcess];


That's because there is no JDAProcess method. There is a JDAProcess:
method though (note the colon). Objective-C treats these as two
different methods. Something like this should work:

  [self JDAProcess: self];

Good luck,

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