Create an NSString variable called 'favoriteArtist' and assign it the value found for the key 'Artist', in the 'artDict'

Question

Here is my code 
 NSDictionary * artDict = @{
                                   @"Artist": @"Dali",
                                   @"Title": @"The Ship",
                                   @"Medium": @"Oil Paint"
                                   };
    NSString *favoriteArist = ([artDict valueForKey:@"Artist"]);
it works fine with Xcode but what's wrong?
```variable_assignment.mm
NSDictionary * artDict = @{
                                   @"Artist": @"Dali",
                                   @"Title": @"The Ship",
                                   @"Medium": @"Oil Paint"
                                   };
NSString * favoriteArist = ([artDict valueForKey:@"Artist"]);
```

Michael Castro · Answer

Those parentheses are extraneous. Only the brackets are needed.

Christopher Augg · Answer

Hello Ge Wang,
The test is complaining about:
```objective-c
NSString * favoriteArist
```
Notice that it is misspelled (missing t in favoriteArtist). And the test is wanting the pointer to have * next to favoriteArtist.
```objective-c
NSString *favoriteArtist = ([artDict valueForKey:@"Artist"]);
```
Regards,
Chris

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Create an NSString variable called 'favoriteArtist' and assign it the value found for the key 'Artist', in the 'artDict'

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