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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Getting Oriented - Object-Oriented, That Is Review NSDictionaries and NSMutableDictionaries

Muhammad Nabeel
Muhammad Nabeel
1,626 Points
Posted by Muhammad Nabeel
Muhammad Nabeel
1,626 Points

How to make this literal syntax

I honestly do not know how to make this string literal syntax.

variable_assignment.mm 
NSDictionary *artDict = {
  @"Artist" : @"Dali", 
  @"Title" : @"The Ship", 
  @"Medium" : @"Oil Paint"
};

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You forgot to put an at symbol (@) in front of the {.

Try this:

NSDictionary *artDict = @{
  @"Artist" : @"Dali", 
  @"Title" : @"The Ship", 
  @"Medium" : @"Oil Paint"
};
Muhammad Nabeel
Muhammad Nabeel
1,626 Points
Muhammad Nabeel
Muhammad Nabeel
1,626 Points

Oh wow, thank you so much :)