ios - Expected ';' at end of declarations list error -

i declared code

nsmutablearray *allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc]init]; 

however error pointing @ = mark saying expected ';' @ end of declarations list error , not think occurring spacing problem. happening?

- (void) processimage:(uiimage *)image { //process captured image, crop, resize , rotate     haveimage = yes;      if([uidevice currentdevice].userinterfaceidiom==uiuserinterfaceidiompad) { //device ipad         // resize image         uigraphicsbeginimagecontext(cgsizemake(768, 1022));         [image drawinrect: cgrectmake(0, 0, 768, 1022)];         uiimage *smallimage = uigraphicsgetimagefromcurrentimagecontext();         uigraphicsendimagecontext();          cgrect croprect = cgrectmake(0, 130, 768, 768);         cgimageref imageref = cgimagecreatewithimageinrect([smallimage cgimage], croprect);         //or use uiimage wherever          [captureimage setimage:[uiimage imagewithcgimage:imageref]];          cgimagerelease(imageref);      }else{ //device iphone         // resize image         uigraphicsbeginimagecontext(cgsizemake(320, 426));         [image drawinrect: cgrectmake(0, 0, 320, 426)];         uiimage *smallimage = uigraphicsgetimagefromcurrentimagecontext();         uigraphicsendimagecontext();          cgrect croprect = cgrectmake(0, 55, 320, 320);         cgimageref imageref = cgimagecreatewithimageinrect([smallimage cgimage], croprect);          [captureimage setimage:[uiimage imagewithcgimage:imageref]];          cgimagerelease(imageref);     }      //adjust image orientation based on device orientation     if ([[uidevice currentdevice] orientation] == uideviceorientationlandscapeleft) {         nslog(@"landscape left image");          [uiview beginanimations:@"rotate" context:nil];         [uiview setanimationduration:0.5];         captureimage.transform = cgaffinetransformmakerotation(degreestoradians(-90));         [uiview commitanimations];      }     if ([[uidevice currentdevice] orientation] == uideviceorientationlandscaperight) {         nslog(@"landscape right");          [uiview beginanimations:@"rotate" context:nil];         [uiview setanimationduration:0.5];         captureimage.transform = cgaffinetransformmakerotation(degreestoradians(90));         [uiview commitanimations];      }     if ([[uidevice currentdevice] orientation] == uideviceorientationportraitupsidedown) {         nslog(@"upside down");         [uiview beginanimations:@"rotate" context:nil];         [uiview setanimationduration:0.5];         captureimage.transform = cgaffinetransformmakerotation(degreestoradians(180));         [uiview commitanimations];      }     if ([[uidevice currentdevice] orientation] == uideviceorientationportrait) {         nslog(@"upside upright");         [uiview beginanimations:@"rotate" context:nil];         [uiview setanimationduration:0.5];         captureimage.transform = cgaffinetransformmakerotation(degreestoradians(0));         [uiview commitanimations];          nsarray *directorynames = [nsarray arraywithobjects:@"hats",@"bottoms",@"right",@"left",nil];         nsarray *paths = nssearchpathfordirectoriesindomains(nsdocumentdirectory, nsuserdomainmask, yes);         nsstring *documentsdirectory = [paths objectatindex:0]; // documents folder          (int = 0; < [directorynames count] ; i++) {             nsstring *datapath = [documentsdirectory stringbyappendingpathcomponent:[directorynames objectatindex:i]];             if (![[nsfilemanager defaultmanager] fileexistsatpath:datapath])                 [[nsfilemanager defaultmanager] createdirectoryatpath:datapath withintermediatedirectories:no attributes:nil error:nil]; //create folder          nsstring *folderpath = [documentsdirectory stringbyappendingpathcomponent:@"hats"]; // "right" @ index 2, per comments & code         nsstring *filepath = [filepath stringbyappendingpathcomponent:@"image_name_here.png"]; // maybe want incorporate timestamp name avoid duplicates         nsdata *imagedata = uiimagepngrepresentation(captureimage.image);         [imagedata writetofile:filepath atomically:yes];      }     }    } 

for sake of clarity in discussion, mean header file (the .h file) should this:

// -------------------------------------------------------- // class header file (it has .h extension) // -------------------------------------------------------- #import <uikit/uikit.h>  @interface myclass : uiviewcontroller {     // ----------------------------------------------     // declare array here in header file     // ----------------------------------------------     nsmutablearray *allimagesarray; }  @end 

and in implementation file (the .m file)

// -------------------------------------------------------- // implementation file (it has .m extension) // --------------------------------------------------------  @implementation myclass  -(id)init {     self = [super init];      if(self)     {        // -----------------------------------------------        // initialise array here        // -----------------------------------------------         allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init];     }      return self; }  // rest of code   @end 

update

yes, can initialise array in viewdidload(). that's should :d

what saying don't write this:

nsmutablearray *allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc ]allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init]; 

that not valid syntax.

the syntax declare , initialise this:

nsmutablearray *allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init]; 

but cannot put in header file. should not this:

// -------------------------------------------------------- // class header file (it has .h extension) // -------------------------------------------------------- #import <uikit/uikit.h>  @interface myclass : uiviewcontroller {     // ----------------------------------------------     // don't write     // ----------------------------------------------     nsmutablearray *allimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init]; }  @end