Bad Receiver type 'NSInteger' (aka 'int')

Question

int thumbCount = [_totalThumbs thumbsViewNumberOfThumbs:self];

1. _totalThumbs is a NSInteger type property.
2. thumbsViewNumberOfThumbs is a method of type NSInteger.

I need to get the count in 'int' itself so that i can use it for further calculations. Any suggestions?

Solution 1

int thumbCount = [self thumbsViewNumberOfThumbs:_totalThumbs];

Solution 2

The compiler is right: NSInteger is not a type that could possibly have methods, because it is not an id-derived type.

If you have a method that takes NSInteger as parameter, you pass it after the colon :, not as the receiver of the method.