Take the 2-minute tour ×  Possible Duplicate: Objective-C - When
to use ‘self’  I can't understand very well the importance and
the usage of the "self" keyword in objective-c. It's my first
OOP language so i got stuck on some concepts. When i should use
"self"? Why is it useful?  Thanks for the answers!  Edit: I
can't understand why is this a duplicated post of Objective-C -
When to use 'self' when there there is not the explanation of
"Self" that i wanted.  share|improve this question No, i saw
that post :) –  codeluca Jan 26 '13 at 9:25 Well then why in the
programmer's girlfriend are you re-posting it? It gives step to
step, nicely detailed explanation. Stop reposting questions on
SO –  MCKapur Jan 26 '13 at 9:28 I'm not reposting questions. I
read the post that you linked but I have not figured it out yet.
–  codeluca Jan 26 '13 at 9:35 add comment  marked as duplicate
by MCKapur, msgambel, Mitch Wheat, Carl Veazey, wattson12 Jan 26
'13 at 9:37   1 Answer  self is a special variable in
Objective-C, inside