Compile error on action for iPhone app: "error:expected ')' before ';' token"

Question

I'm working through the tutorials in the "Beginning iPhone Development" book. I'm on chapter 4 and I'm getting the following compile error on the "if (segment == kShowSegmentIndex)" line:

error:expected ')' before ';' token

Here's my code:

- (IBAction)toggleShowHide:(id)sender{
    UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = (UISegmentedControl *)sender;
    NSInteger segment = segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex;

    if (segment == kShowSegmentIndex) [switchView setHidden:NO]; 
    else [switchView setHidden:YES];

}

I've compared it with the code in the book several times and have retyped it. Sounds like this error is caused by improper brace placement. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Check out this webpage: http://www.iphonedevforums.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/991-uisegmentcontrol-help.html

It looks like you're not pulling in the definition of kShowSegmentIndex which is defined in a different file that you'll need to include in the class you're working on. Check page 74 of your book.

Answer 2

Ah I figured it out. The error was in a completely different section. Figures. :)

I wrote "#define kShowSegmentIndex 0;" instead of "#define kShowSegmentIndex 0". Apparently I should have left off the semicolon.

Thanks for the help.

Answer 3

Got to love google, did a search for "error: expected ')' before ';' token objective-C" and arrived here to discover you had the exact same problem. Thanks :)

Quick resolution.

James