Resolved CGPoint conversion problem

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  1. chen8002004, May 26, 2011
    Last edited: May 27, 2011

    chen8002004 macrumors newbie

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    #1
    I get “Lvalue required as left operand of assignment” error when compiling the following code. Can anyone help?
    Declaration:
    Code:
    @interface myInfo: NSObject
{
    CGPoint startPosition;
}
@property     CGPoint startPosition;
@end
    Definition:
    Code:
    @implementation myInfo
@synthesize startPosition;
@end
    Use:
    Code:
    myInfo* temp = [[myInfo alloc] init];
int ttt=100;
temp.startPosition.x = (CGFloat)ttt; << Compile error here
     
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  2. Guiyon, May 26, 2011

    Guiyon macrumors 6502a

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    #2
    The simple explanation is that the synthesized methods for structs (CGPoint, CGRect, etc) return a *copy* of the structure, not reference to it. Doing something like you are would simply set the value of 'x' on the returned copy and then discard the whole thing. You would need to do something like one of the below snippets:

    Code:
    CGPoint point = temp.startPosition;
point.x = 100;
temp.startPosition = point;
    Code:
    // Assumes that you want the 'y' value to remain constant
temp.startPosition = CGPointMake(100,temp.startPosition.y);
     
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