Question

As the question asked I want to know if there is a possibility to change property’s trough the int of a for loop.

example:

controller.h:

 @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *lblTeamName1;
 @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *lblTeamName2;
 @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *lblTeamName3;

controller.m

 @synthesize property lblTeamName1;
 @synthesize property lblTeamName2;
 @synthesize property lblTeamName3;     

 for(int i = 0;i <= 3;i++)
 {
  lblTeamName(i).text = @"something";
 }

What I am asking is a way for this to work, I have no idea if this will work or if this can’t be done.

Answer 1

You could do something like this…

for (int i=1; i<4; i++) {
    UILabel *label = [self objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"lblTeamName%i", i]];
    label.text = @"blah";
}

This would rely on having a standard naming convention for your labels.

Oh, also, just a note. You no longer need to put @synthesize. If you’re using Xcode 4.5 then they removed the need for using @synthesize. The compiler infers it if it is left out.