Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

17 NSArray

NSArray is another commonly used Objective-C class. An instance of NSArray holds a list of pointers to other objects.

Create a new project: a Foundation Command Line Tool called DateList. This program will create an array that holds a list of pointers to NSDate objects.

Creating arrays

Open main.m and change main():

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