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Asked: 2026-06-07T05:19:58+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Method Syntax in Objective-C I just started learning Objective-C and I’m a

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Method Syntax in Objective-C

I just started learning Objective-C and I’m a little confused about this statement.

+(NSMutableArray *) array;

This is what I understand:

  1. + means this is a method that responds to a class (which makes this a static method)

  2. NSMutableArray is an array that can have it’s size change

  3. * pointer ( memory location reference)

  4. array is the name of the array that is of type NSMutableArray.

  5. () Why does this method need parentheses around the object pointer ‘(NSMutableArray *)’

I don’t know how to conceptualize what these part mean as a whole. Can you explain this to me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The 1,2,3 statements are correct. But fourth one is, array is the name of method. The fifth one is, the return type of array method is NSMutableArray *.

    Finally array is the class method and it has NSMutableArray * return type and also does not any arguments.

    It look like - (void)viewDidLoad. viewDidLoad is the instance method and it has void return type and also does not any arguments.

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