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Posted by James Lambert
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points

How can I load a table from an array in a plist? I need to declare the array empty and can't with out errors.

As simple of an example of what I want as possible.

I have a plist with an array of dictionaries. I can pull from the plist and get the information I want with this code:

var arrayOfDictionariesPath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("MyDictionaryList", ofType: "plist") var arrayWithDictionaries = NSArray(contentsOfFile: arrayOfDictionariesPath!)

I am having problems when I want to use the plist to fill a table view. Only because I can seem to declare an empty one globally.

This is the contents of the plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <array> <dict> <key>Name</key> <string>John</string> <key>Age</key> <string>15</string> </dict> <dict> <key>Name</key> <string>Audrey</string> <key>Age</key> <string>13</string> </dict> <dict> <key>Name</key> <string>Josh</string> <key>Age</key> <string>9</string> </dict> </array> </plist>

James Lambert
James Lambert
Courses Plus Student 14,477 Points

Also, In objective-c the way to do it was to:

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray *tableArray;

and then:

-(NSArray *)tableArray{ if (!_tableArray) { _tableArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"date22" ofType:@"plist"]]; } return _tableArray; }