Adding label text together - ios

Hi im relatively new to iOS and I'm just wondering how i would add two labels together.
- (IBAction)switch1
{
if (switch1.on) {
value1.text = #"3";
} else {
value1.text = #"0";
}
}
- (IBAction)switch2
{
if (switch2.on) {
value2.text = #"3";
} else {
value2.text = #"0";
}
}
As you can see i have used two switches which would show two different values if they were turned on or off.
Could someone help me understand how i would add two values together.
I.e if switch one was on and switch two was off the value would be three i want this value to be shown in another label.
So far i have come up with this but for some reason it doesn't work, i have a feeling it is the format specifier but I'm not sure.
int sum = [[value1 text] intValue] + [[value2 text] intValue];
value3.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", sum];

Dont you have this:
int sum = [[value1 text] intValue] + [[value2 text] intValue];
value3.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", sum];
in ViewDidLoad or something? Because you have to call this at the end of both IBActions. If you don't, your final value will never change.

Make sure you properly created an outlet connection in Interface Builder as described here:
Creating an Outlet Connection
In short words. Ctrl+Click & Drag from the UISwitch to File’s Owner and click the new switch1 or switch2 action. Create outlets for the text fields and switches and link them.
Set breakpoints in switch1 and switch2 methods and ensure there are being called.
Use po command in the console to check if the text fields and switches are configured correctly.
For example:
po _textField1
should print text field's description. It will print nil when the text field is not there - not linked to a control in interface builder.

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Changing the text of a label on button press with dynamic integer

I'm following a tutorial to create a simple game where you tap a button and the the game counts how many times you have pressed the button as you go along. The score is displayed on screen in the form of a label.
I can make it so that when you press the button the label text changes to say 'Pressed!'. But then i can not get the label to change when i try to add the changing score with a format specifier.
-(IBAction)buttonPressed{
count ++;
//scoreLabel.text =#"pressed";
scoreLable.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Score\n%i", count];
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
You may not have your label set up for multiple lines of text. Try getting rid of the "\n" in your format string. Other than that, you need to tell us what happens. Have you put a breakpoint to make sure your button IBAction is being called? Have you checked to make sure "scoreLable" (sic) is not nil? The devil is in the details.
-(IBAction)buttonPressed : (id) sender{
UIButton * btnPressed = (UIButton *)sender;
int buttonValue = [[btnPressed titleForState:UIControlStateNormal] intValue];
NSLog(#"Button value = %d", buttonValue);
//scoreLabel.text =#"pressed";
scoreLable.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Score\n%i", count];
}
First You Can Set static int count = 0;

iPhone - how to select from a collection of UILabels?

I have a few UILabels, any one of which will update according to the index of an NSArray index they represent. I thought of selecting them by their tag
self.displayLabel.tag = myArray[index];
but that changes the tag value to whatever my array is holding at the moment
Using a dictionary for whatever tricks it offers instead of an NSArray doesn't help because i still have to select the correct matching label. This is the effect i want to achieve.
self.|mySelectedLabel|.text = myArray[index];
what should i put in |mySelectedLabel| to get the one i'm looking for?
I'm almost ashamed to ask at my reputation level, but this is stymie-ing me
every search only turns up how to set Labels and change, not the process of selecting
Assuming you have set the tags to the appropriate index to match your
array indices you can use [self.view viewWithTag:index];
Why are you not setting the tag with:
self.displayLabel.tag = index;
Also, you could just loop though an array of labels and find the right one:
for (UILabel *label : labelArray) {
if (label.tag == index) {
label.text = #"I found you!";
}
}
Rather than using tags you can refer to your specific textfields by reference:
// Create an array to hold your textfields
NSMutableArray *textFields = [NSMutableArray array]
// Create your textfields and add them to the array
UITextField *textField;
for (NSUInteger idx = 0: idx++; idx < numberOfTextFieldsYouWant) {
textField = [UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:<whateverYouWant>];
[textFields addObject:textField];
}
Since you are adding the objects to an array, rather than using the tag value 0, 1, 2... you can just access it by it's index in the array
So, for what you want to do you can just do:
textfields[index].text = myArray[index];
It's a lot cleaner, doesn't rely on magic tags, and you have an array of all your dynamic textfields that you can remove, or change in one place.
I think tags are vastly overused, and they aren't necessary in most cases.
Just letting you know I reframed the problem and this eventually worked for me without having to use an array
( with endless experimenting, I sort of bumped into it so I don't know if it constitutes good technique )
the desired label corresponding to the bag weight ( one of a number possible ) displays the right update
- (IBAction)acceptWeight:(UIButton *)sender {
int tempValue = (int) currentWeight;
// current weight comes from a UISegementedController
for (UILabel *labels in self.view.subviews)
{
if (labels.tag == currentWeight)
{
bags[tempValue]++;
labels.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%i",bags[tempValue]];
}
}
totalKilo = totalKilo + (int)currentWeight;
self.totalKilo.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",totalKilo];
}

How to ignore placeholder text in iOS6 UITextField

I have a data entry app which I have developed primarily with iOS7 in focus but it will support ios 6. I noticed that when I am trying to check if a UITextField is empty when I try to validate a form in iOS6 it will tell me that it is not empty if there is a placeholder text there. In iOS 7 I don't have this problem.
Does anyone have any efficient solution for this except for matching every UITextField's content with its placeholdet text for all the UITextFields in the whole app?
EDIT:
If the validation is the issue, here is my validation code. Very simply I iterate through an array with the mandatory UITextFields and check if there is any input in them.
-(void)checkIfComplete{
BOOL complete = YES;
for(int i = 0; i < self.mandatoryFields.count; i++){
UITextField *tempTextField = self.mandatoryFields[i];
if([tempTextField.text isEqual: #""]){
complete = NO;
}
}
if(complete){
self.btnSave.enabled = YES;
}else{
self.btnSave.enabled = NO;
}
}
EDIT 2:
Okey this is very weird. When I load the ViewController with the UITextFields the validation is wrong (it says the form is complete even though it is not). But if I enter a UITextField, write something and then delete what I just wrote the validation is correct (it says the form is incomplete when it is). I am setting my placeholders from the Storyboard if that makes any difference.
Thank you
Try this
-(void)checkIfComplete{
BOOL complete = YES;
for(int i = 0; i < self.mandatoryFields.count; i++){
UITextField *tempTextField = self.mandatoryFields[i];
if(tempTextField.text.length == 0){
complete = NO;
break;
}
}
self.btnSave.enabled = complete;
}

Data from DetailViewController not displaying

I'm making a chemistry calculator segment in an app I'm working on, and I cannot get the data and I cannot get the information to correctly populate the screen. There is a secondary issue, the alignment, and if someone can help me with that I'd greatly appreciate it, but it isn't the primary focus of this question - I'll make a dedicated topic for it.
So I'll go over what I want to do, and what I've tried. What I'm trying to do is make a chemistry calculator where depending on what equation is selected, a UIStepper max/min.Value is modified to include all possible derivations of that equation, as well as certain UILabels and UITextFields shown/hidden.
I have confirmed that I have data passed down from the MasterViewController as I've set the data to an NSString called _equation, and successfully used _equation to modify the title of the DetailViewController under self.title in viewDidLoad.
I have tried placing and initializing all UIStepper properties appropriately under a if/if else nest under viewDidLoad (which also quantizes the _equationName possible values to an integer (eqNum) so that it can be used in a switch statement). I have also tried placing the UITextField hidden properties under viewDidLoad, to no avail.
So without further ado, let's get to the code. I've truncated the code down to one equation so you can see what's going on here easier - note that this is nested under the IBAction for the Calculate button:
// Take _equationName quantization and use it in a switch case to determine the formula that IBAction will use:
if (dflt)
{
switch (eqNum)
{
case 1:
if ((stepper.value = 1))
{
// Change deriv_units appropriately:
deriv_units.text = #"Energy (Joules)";
// This is a Planck's constant calculation, we hide the second variable as the constant
// is stored:
value2.hidden = YES;
value2_type.hidden = YES;
// Now we set up the parameters of the first entry variable:
value1_type.text = #"Frequency (in Hz)";
double frequency = [value1.text doubleValue];
double Planck = 6.626069e-34;
double energy = Planck * frequency;
// Now we set up the return field to return results:
NSString* resultIntermediate = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%f", energy];
result.text = resultIntermediate;
units.text = #"J";
}
and the subsequent code under viewDidLoad:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
[self configureView];
self.title = _equationName;
int eqNum;
if ((_equationName = #"Energy-Frequency Relation"))
{
eqNum = 1;
// Set stepper bounds for derivation:
[stepper setMinimumValue:1];
[stepper setMaximumValue:3];
self.stepper.stepValue = 1;
self.stepper.wraps = NO;
self.stepper.autorepeat = NO;
self.stepper.continuous = YES;
// This is primarily a two-variable equation, so hide UITextView and UILabel #3:
value3.hidden = YES;
value3_type.hidden = YES;
}
(Props to anyone who recognizes this - it's Planck's relation! :D)
Here is what the GUI is supposed to look like (as it appears in Storyboard):
Here is what it comes out looking like in the iOS Simulator:
Note the misalignment issue, which isn't the principle issue in play here.
Also note that right now, the switch statement for equation parameters is under an if tree that checks to see if dflt (a Boolean variable assigned to UISwitch) returns true for double-precision calculations. However, upon toggling the switch ON, the issue does not correct.
Here's an even more complete explanation:
value#.text is the number entered in one of the three UITextFields, from top to bottom.
value#_type is the text to be displayed in the corresponding UILabel.
deriv_units is the UILabel below the one marked "Derivation Units", and is used to display which derivation of the equation has been selected using the UIStepper.
At bottom: The rightmost UILabel is the result label, whereas the leftmost is the units label.
Many thanks to anyone who can help this beginning developer along the path of programming righteousness.
About your alignment issue: it looks as though you are creating the storyboard for 4" screen, while running it on a 3.5" screen. In the storyboard onnthe lower right there are some small buttons, one of thise allows you to change instantly between the display for either 4" or 3.5".
Have you made sure your controls are connected to your code?
- (void) viewDidAppear: (BOOL) animated{
[super viewDidAppear: animated];
// some rude NSAsserts, but let's be sure
NSAssert(value1_type != nil, #"Your control element is nil, it might not be hooked up");
// you should now see this text in the textfield
value1_type.text = #"Frequency (in Hz)";
NSAssert(result != nil, #"Your control element is nil, it might not be hooked up");
result.text = #"some test text";
NSAssert(units != nil, #"Your control element is nil, it might not be hooked up");
units.text = #"J";
}

How to use UITextFields?

I'm doing the following in my App right now:
NSInteger myReell1 = 6;
NSInteger myReell2 = 7;
NSInteger myImag1 = -5;
NSInteger myImag2 = 3
+ (WSData *)scientificData
{
float dataSet2D[2] = {0,myReell1 + myReell2};
float dataSet3D[2] = {0,myImag1 + myImag2};
return [WSData dataWithValues:[WSData arrayWithFloat:dataSet2D len:2]
valuesX:[WSData arrayWithFloat:dataSet3D len:2]];
}
This worked fine for me up to now.
Here is what I would like to change and what I would like to ask you for:
I would like to use 4 UITextFields to give the opportunity of personal input to the user, instead of the consistent Integers (myReell1, … ,myImag2) which I use right now.
How would you implement those UITextfields (maybe just 1 example?) into the code above to make the NSInteger part needless.
Please don't mind about the actual stuff inside of the scientific data. ;-)
Presuming this code is inside a view controller, you can:
Create your UITextField member variables in the class.
Subscribe the class to UITextFieldDelegate.
Wire your text fields up in Interface Builder (or instantiate them programatically and add them to the view).
Implement the didFinishEditing delegate method to handle the
actual input.
Say you make 4 textfield boxes, you can get the integer from going
myReell1 = [textFieldOne.text intValue];
and so on, there you have an integer you can use constantly, with no hardcoding
First put Textfield and then when user click some button just put bellow code in you button click metho...
NSInteger myReell1 = [textField1.text intValue];
NSInteger myReell2 = [textField2.text intValue];
NSInteger myImag1 = [textField3.text intValue];
NSInteger myImag2 = [textField4.text intValue];
:)

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