Question

I have a method, which right now only needs to do an NSLog call:

(void)methodName:(NSString*)name {
    NSLog(@"hey there, %@", name);
}

It says “Local declaration of 'name' hides instance variable“. What does this mean? How do I construct the string I want?

Answer 1

It means that you already have a variable called ‘name’ in your class that includes the methodName method. You might want to change it to look like this:

- (void)methodName:(NSString*)theName {
    NSLog(@"hey there, %@", theName);
}