Hi Phil, You're right: the documentation can take some getting used to.
Here are some tips: When you see a method declared with a "-" out in front, such as: - (NSString *) substringWithRange:(NSRange)range; That means that you can only use that method on an instance of the class. For example: NSString * someString = [myTextField stringValue]; NSString * subString = [someString substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0,4)]; Methods that begin with a "+" are class methods and are used as such: NSString * someString = [NSString stringWithString:someOtherString]; (Notice that I'm calling stringWithString on NSString itself and NOT an instance of NSString) There are a ton of resources out there for familiarizing yourself with Objective-C and Xcode and whatnot. Our local CocoaHeads group just had a meeting last week about Objective-C and transitioning to it from other languages, and we've got a screencast of it at our site: http://cocoaheads.byu.edu/videos HTH, Dave _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
