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Andre Robinson
Courses Plus Student 6,057 PointsPlease help
Someone please help I don't Know what I'm doing wrong how do i give myRide the make value in carDict
NSMutableDictionary * carDict= [[ NSMutableDictionary alloc ] initWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Honda",@"Make",@"Accord",@"Model",nil];
NSString* myRide= [[NSString alloc] init];
myRide = [NSMutableDictionary carDict] initWithvalueForKey:@"Make"];
3 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Andre,
You've got that nearly right ... first, carDict doesn't need re-typing; i.e. we know it's an NSMutableDictionary. Next, we want to use the valueForKey method and pass the @"Make" key to that. This looks like:
myRide = [carDict valueForKey: @"Make"];
Make sense?
Steve.
Brian Lopez
1,124 Pointsman, i am lost. i feel like I'm basically reading the message board 60% of the time for my tests. this helped me, but I'm not sure if i should keep moving along, or slow down
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Brian,
It is difficult to say what's best for you to do. You're new to this, and you've chosen Objective C which is a tricky language. Slowing down may help - or maybe think about your goals and whether Obj C is the best starting point?
Steve.
Brian Lopez
1,124 Pointsyeah it is pretty difficult, haha. Its not so much the concepts themselves sometimes, its the memorization and when to use what, and also to know what you did wrong. I only have one goal, to make an iPhone app.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsOK - making an iPhone app these days is probably best done in Swift rather than Objective C. I say probably; I meant certainly! Obj C is useful for managing existing iOS applications. Making new ones requires Swift as that's the updated language being used now. It is a little more straightforward than Obj C as it is more modern.