Snippet for getting a path url from selection dialog box

NSOpenPanel* lPanel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel]; [lPanel setAllowsMultipleSelection:YES]; if ([lPanel runModalForDirectory:@”~” file:nil types:nil]==NSOKButton) { int i; for (i=0; i<lPanel filenames] count]; i++) { [[NSString* lPath = lPanel filenames] objectAtIndex:i]; NSURL* lUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:lPath]; [mPlayList addObject:[lUrl absoluteString; }

EcumeDesJours

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More OO way:

NSOpenPanel* lPanel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel]; [lPanel setAllowsMultipleSelection:YES]; if ([lPanel runModalForDirectory:nil file:nil types:nil]==NSOKButton) { NSEnumerator *fNamesEnumerator = lPanel filenames] objectEnumerator]; [[NSString *eachPath = nil;

while (eachPath = [fNamesEnumerator nextObject]) { NSURL* lUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:eachPath]; [mPlayList addObject:[lUrl absoluteString]]; } }

Not only is it more OO, but it’s probably also more efficient, because it only has to call nextObject with each iteration instead of filenames/ count and filenames/ objectAtIndex:. The first loop could be improved by storing the array of file names in an ivar. –JediKnil

I wouldn’t exactly call that an ‘improvement’ ;) Better would be to store both the array and the count in local variables outside the loop’s scope.