Button tag problem

[TomCuthill]

I have created buttons each with their own tag.

int tag;
	for (int i = 0; i < N_COLS; i++) {
		for (int j = 0; j < N_ROWS; j++) {
			soundButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
			soundButton.frame = CGRectMake(i * 20.0, j * 20.0, 20.0, 20.0);
			tag=j + i * N_ROWS + 1;
			soundButton.tag = tag;
			buttonStatus[tag] = NO;
			[soundButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"BWhite2.png"]
					 forState:UIControlStateNormal];
			[soundButton addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonPushed:)
			  forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
			[self.view addSubview:soundButton];			
		}
}

I have used the tags in the buttonPushed: method.

- (void) buttonPushed:(id)sender {
	UIButton *soundbutton = sender;
	NSLog(@"buttonPushed tag=%d", soundbutton.tag);
	
	int tag = soundbutton.tag;
	
	buttonStatus[tag] = !buttonStatus[tag];
	
	NSLog(@"Status=%d", buttonStatus[tag]);
	
	if (buttonStatus[tag]==YES) {
		[soundbutton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"BBlue.png"]forState:UIControlStateNormal];
	}
	else {
		[soundbutton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"BWhite2.png"]forState:UIControlStateNormal];
	}

}

How do I use the tags in another method? I have searched elsewhere but could not find the answer.

Many thanks,
Tom.

[smithdale87]

How do you want to use them? You can get a particular button by it's tag like this:

UIButton* button = (UIButton*)[self.view viewWithTag: someTag];

if( button != nil )
{
    //do something with the button
}

[TomCuthill]

I have a method which is incremented by a counter. And I want to check which buttons are pressed every time the timer counts.

Tom