Access C Array within blocks (variable array count) Objective-C

Question

Blocks are fine but what about writing C arrays?

Given this simplified situation:

CGPoint points[10];
[myArray forEachElementWithBlock:^(int idx) {
          


        

Answer 1

Maybe you can allocate the array on the heap?

// Allocates a plain C array on the heap. The array will have
// [myArray count] items, each sized to fit a CGPoint.
CGPoint *points = calloc([myArray count], sizeof(CGPoint));
// Make sure the allocation succeded, you might want to insert
// some more graceful error handling here.
NSParameterAssert(points != NULL);

// Loop over myArray, doing whatever you want
[myArray forEachElementWithBlock:^(int idx) {
    points[idx] = …;
}];

// Free the memory taken by the C array. Of course you might
// want to do something else with the array, otherwise this
// excercise does not make much sense :)
free(points), points = NULL;

Answer 2

Another simple answer which works for me is the following:

CGPoint points[10], *pointsPtr;
pointsPtr = points;
[myArray forEachElementWithBlock:^(int idx) {
    pointsPtr[idx] = CGPointMake(10, 20);
}];