The goal of the code below is this - get all objects from the parse.com class called OnlineUsers
and then find a RANDOM number between 0
and results.count
and then use that object for something.
Issue is that when I try to get the object at position results[randomNumber]
, I get the error below. I get the same error if I try results[randomNumberCast]
below.
How can I solve this problem?
func findRandomOnlineUser() {
if PFUser.currentUser() != nil {
var user1 = PFUser.currentUser()
var user2 = PFUser()
//find user2, i.e. some user who is online right now
//Showing OnlineUsers only
let onlineUsersQuery = PFQuery(className: "OnlineUsers")
onlineUsersQuery.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock({ (results:[AnyObject]?, error:NSError?) -> Void in
if results!.count > 0 {
self.mLog.printToLog("launchChatwithRandomUser() -- There are more than zero objects in OnlineUsers")
//help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26770730/apple-swift-placing-a-variable-inside-arc4random-uniform
let randomNumber = arc4random_uniform(UInt32(results!.count))
var randomNumberCast = Int(randomNumber)
if let userObject = results[randomNumberCast] {
user2 = userObject["user"] as! PFUser
} else {
//handle the case of 'self.objects' being 'nil'
}
} else {
//TODO: Show a prompt that user is not logged in and then take user to Login Screen
}
}
Error Message:
the fact that results
seems to be an optional array: [AnyObject]?
.
Therefore, if you want to access one of its values via a subscript, you have to unwrap the array first:
if let userObject: AnyObject = results?[randomNumberCast]