"Method definition not in @implementation context"?

I put this in X-code:

- (void)vie开发者_高级运维wDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
 NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"DrinkArray" ofType:@"plist"];
 NSMutableArray* tmpArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
 self.drinks = tmpArray;
 [tmpArray release];
    // Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
    // self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}

And it says this on the first line:

"Method Definition not an @implementation context"

Could anyone help?

Did you put "@implementation " at the beginning of your methods, and "@end" at the end of them? Objective-C is like a preprocessor that turns code into C and so it needs help knowing when to do special processing on your Objective-C methods.

You seem to be trying to create a new ViewController, but you are doing it like a C programmer, instead of an Objective-C programmer. You need to define a subclass of the ViewController class, which means you need an "@interface" section and an "@implementation" section.

You best plan of attack might be to tell X-Code to add a new file, and in the template-chooser dialog, tell it to make a subclass of UIViewController. That will structure the code correctly. You can also find many ViewController tutorials online.

You put that method in the wrong place in your source file. Look for a line that says @implementation and another that says @end. Put your method in between there.

I accidentally used:

 #include <stdlib.h>

one time. I used

#import <stdlib.h>

and it seemed to work better.

I know you may not have done this in your particular situation, but I thought this might help others who view this question in the future.