Question

I keep getting this error when trying to access the textfield value of my view:

error: request for member 'inputAnswer' in something not a structure or union

The UITextField is declared as follows:

@interface TextInputQuestionViewController : UIViewController {
    Question *question;
    IBOutlet UILabel *questionTitle;
    IBOutlet UILabel *inputLabel;
    IBOutlet UITextField *inputAnswer;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) UILabel *questionTitle;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UILabel *inputLabel;
@property (nonatomic, retain) Question *question;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField *inputAnswer;

I am trying to access the textfield as follows (as it is nested):

NSLog(@"%@", currQ.question.inputAnswer.text);

What am I doing wrong?

Update: @sergio you are right, I did mean that but it still throws this error. I’m sure its pointing at the right place too…

//pushes new view onto navigation controller stack
-(void) switchViews:(id)sender{ 
    if(currQNum < [questionArray count] - 1){
        if(currQNum > 0){
            Answer* ans = currQ.question.answer;
            ans.questionId = currQ.question.qId;
            ans.entryId = @"1";//temporary;
            //if else for different input types
            NSString* qt = currQ.question.qType;
            if([qt isEqualToString:@"Slider"]){
                ans.answer = currQ.sliderLabel.text;
            }else if([qt isEqualToString:@"Option"]){               

            }else if([qt isEqualToString:@"TextInput"]){
                NSLog(@"%@", currQ.inputAnswer.text); //PROBLEM
                //ans.answer = currQ.inputAnswer.text;
            }else if([qt isEqualToString:@"ImagePicker"]){

            }else{

            }                       
            [answerArray addObject: ans];
            [ans release];
        }
        [self startQuestion:currQNum isLast:FALSE];     
        currQNum++;
    }else{
        Answer* ans = currQ.question.answer;
        ans.questionId = currQ.question.qId;
        ans.answer = currQ.sliderLabel.text;
        ans.entryId = @"1";//temporary;
        [answerArray addObject: ans];
        [ans release];
        //store data temporarily - section finished     
        [self startQuestion:currQNum isLast:TRUE];              
        currQNum++;
    }
}

Answer 1

Possibly you meant:

NSLog(@"%@", currQ.inputAnswer.text);

The error message:

error: request for member ‘inputAnswer’ in something not a structure or union

means that the compiler cannot recognize currQ as a structure or a union (or an Objective-C object).