NStimer and for loop - iphone

Question

I'm struggling with this. I saw some code where you can do this :
- (void)startTimer {
pauseTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self selector:#selector(doActions) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}
Then call it in doActions.
Problem is i want to call it while a button is being pressed, and do actions is an IBaction. I keep getting a sigAbrt.
Can someone give me some sample code where you cay change a label from 'on' to 'off' every 1 second while a button is being pressed?
EDIT
i mean if doActions looks like this
- (IBAction) doActions {
for(int j; j<100; j++){
theLabel.hidden != theLabel.hidden;
//Does invalidate timer go here?
}
}

Answer 1

It still isn't clear to me, what you're trying to accomplish: I would have found it much easier, if you simply had it written down in plain english, after all.
That said, here's what I think will get you where you want to go:
// Assuming ivars:
// NSTimer* toggleTimer
// NSUInteger toggleCount
- (void)toggleTimerFired:(NSTimer*)timer
{
if ( toggleCount++ >= 100 ) {
[self stopToggling:self];
return;
}
// do whatever you need to do a hundred times here
}
- (IBAction)stopToggling:(id)sender
{
[toggleTimer invalidate], toggleTimer = nil; // you don't want dangling pointers...
// perform any other needed house-keeping here
}
- (IBAction)startToggling:(id)sender
{
[self stopToggling:self]; // if `startToggling:` will NEVER be called when a timer exists, this line CAN be omitted.
toggleCount = 0;
toggleTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1. target:self selector:#selector(toggleTimerFired:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}
Depending on what exactly you want to do, startToggling: needs to be sent on either touchUpInside or touchDown. In the second case, stopToggling: probably needs to be called on any touchUp... event of the button.

Answer 2

- (void)startTimer {
pauseTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self selector:#selector(doActions) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}
- (void) doActions {
theLabel.hidden != theLabel.hidden;
}