Pass variables from function to function - iphone

Question

I'm just learning Objective-C and have a what I'm sure is a pretty basic question here.
This is a function I've created that will simple hold variables from some user input.
- (void)standardDatabaseWithName:(NSString*)name
host:(NSString*)host
username:(NSString*)username
password:(NSString*)password
database:(NSString*)database
port:(NSInteger*)port {
NSString *myName = name;
NSString *myHost = host;
NSString *myUsername = username;
NSString *myPassword = password;
NSString *myDatabase = database;
NSInteger *myPort = port;
}
Below is a seperate function where I want to create a new var with that information and the from there use it was what I need.
- (void)insertStandardConnection {
NSString name = [NewDbModalView standardDatabaseWithName:myName];
NSString host = [NewDbModalView standardDatabaseWithName:myHost];
}
So this attempt didn't work for me. Any advice here guys? At this point I've been left scratching my head.

Answer 1

I would suggest creating an object to hold all of that information and just pass the object around

Answer 2

Every time you call the method, you have to provide all of the variables:
[NewDbModalView standardDatabaseWithName:myName host:myHost username:aUsername password:aPassword database:aDatabase port:aPort];
So, when you call [NewDbModalView standardDatabaseWithName:myName], that method doesn’t exist.

Answer 3

The variables you declare in standardDatabaseWithName:... are local to that method. You need to store (copies of) that data inside the object. Although, looking at your code, I wonder if you're trying to set default values? In that case, you might want static global variables to take the values, and then you'd need -(void)standardDatabaseWithName:... to become +(void)setStandardDatabaseName:(NSString *)name ....

Answer 4

In your .h file you should declare properties
#interface standardDatabaseWithNameObject : NSObject{
NSString *myName;
NSString *myHost;
NSString *myUsername ;
NSString *myPassword;
NSString *myDatabase;
NSInteger *myPort;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *myName;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *myHost;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *myUsername ;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *myPassword;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *myDatabase;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSInteger *myPort;
etc...
Then in your implementation you need to synthesize the properties and they will be available for use:
#synthesize myName, myHost, myUsername, myPassword, myDatabase, myPort;
- (void)standardDatabaseWithName:(NSString*)name
host:(NSString*)host
username:(NSString*)username
password:(NSString*)password
database:(NSString*)database
port:(NSInteger*)port {
myName = name;
myHost = host;
myUsername = username;
myPassword = password;
myDatabase = database;
myPort = port;
}
- (void)insertStandardConnection {
NSString name = myName;
NSString host = myHost;
}
- (void) dealloc
{
[myName release];
[myHost release];
[myUsername release];
[myPassword release];
[myDatabase release];
[myPort release];
}
Good Luck