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cameryn smith
2,828 PointsI need Help creating an NSDictionary object?
On the code challenge 'Getting Data from the Web' I need help declaring an NSDictionary in task 1. I'm still confused, is it key-value or value key.
This is how I initialized it: NSDictionary *example = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"etc..", nil];
2 Answers
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsThis may be very confusing in Objective-C, but be aware that the value comes before the key in Objective-C.
In your example, you haven't defined what's the key of the dictionary you're making after your value of @"etc", nor is it clear what@"etc"` is even a value missing a key.
The simplest way to create a NSDictionary in Objective-C is through a dictionary literal @{@"key":value};. That said, the challenge likely won't accept that way of defining a NSDictionary for you to learn how to do it the old-fashioned way for now.
cameryn smith
2,828 PointsHey dude thx this is what I typd, thx for clarifying.
NSDictionary *book1 = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Art of War",@"Title",@"Sun Tzu",@"Author", nil];