Obj-C, NSView, Mousedown & Global Variables

Question

Hi Guys,
I am able to get a response from a mouseDown event via:
- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event;
However whenever I try to return the value of a global variable, via NSLog, I am getting the initial value I declared the variable in the "- (void)awakeFromNib;" method.
For example:
Controller.h
@interface Controller : NSView {
NSString *a;
- (void)blah;
@end
Controller.m
- (void)awakeFromNib {
a = @"test";
[self blah];
- (void)blah {
a = @"green";
- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event {
NSLog(@"%@", test);
The example above logs 'a' as "test", not "green".
The xib file has an NSView object hooked up to the class "Controller".
Can anyone shed some light on where I am going wrong here?
Thanks!
Adam

Answer 1

Hi Jean-Piere, thanks for replying.
Yes that was a mistake from typing the code into the forum post.
It should say:
Controller.h
@interface Controller : NSView {
NSString *a;
(void)blah;
@end
Controller.m
(void)awakeFromNib {
a = @"test";
[self blah];
(void)blah {
a = @"green";
(void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event {
NSLog(@"%@", a);
"a" still logs "test" and not "green"
any ideas?