Am 08.03.2012 um 03:39 schrieb Greg Parker:

> On Mar 6, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Marco Tabini <mtab...@me.com> wrote:
>>> I have an array and I am iterating through it using this technique:
>>> 
>>>> for (id object in array) {
>>>>  // do something with object
>>>> }
>>> 
>>> Is there  way to obtain the object's current array index position or do I 
>>> have to add a counter?
>> 
>> [array indexOfObject:object] should do the trick, though, if you need to do 
>> it at every iteration, keeping a counter may be better.
> 
> Note that -indexOfObject: returns an object from the array that is -isEqual: 
> to the parameter. This might not be the same object that you are looking at. 
> 
> -indexOfObjectIdenticalTo: would solve the -isEqual: problem, but would still 
> return the wrong index if the same object were in the array twice.
> 
> You should add a counter to your for..in loop, or use a traditional counted 
> for loop and -objectAtIndex:

Finally...
After reading so much "doubtful" (= outright bad) advice I began to doubt my 
own understanding of Objective-C.
What a relief!
Thank you!

Peter
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