Objective-C IPhone Xcode Global Variable with extern

[springframework]

so i made a header file Global.h

extern int gVar;

inside main.m


int gVar;

int main( ... ){
gVar = 5;
... // more code
}


inside another .m file


#include Global.h
gVar = 88;


inside yet another .m file


#include Global.h
NSLog( ... , gVar); // expected output 88



This wont compile ....

By simply taking out "extern", it works with expected output of 88.

My variable seems to be global without using extern?



Is my variable truely global? it has to be ... it prints out 88.


Does anyone know a better way to do global variables?

I plan on having NSMutableArray/NSXMLDocument global variables. will the way im doing it work with these more advanced data structures?

[Monkaaay]

There was a thread on this recently. I can't find it at the moment. Essentially, extern wasn't the way to do it.

[springframework]

can you post the link the the thread if you find it, i searched the forum but all posts used extern.

Also i just tried a NSMutableAray in the global.h and it worked as expected.

[lee1210]

can you post the link the the thread if you find it, i searched the forum but all posts used extern.

Also i just tried a NSMutableAray in the global.h and it worked as expected.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=459249

I suggested using functions to access and modify a global variable declared in a single file, and those functions can be used to get at this variable. This way if you need to change the variable name or something like that, it's a single file to be changed.

-Lee