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

Posted by Yoav Benishoo
Yoav Benishoo
1,778 Points

Why it is not working?

Why it is not working?

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

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Remove the space between * and the variable name. 

NSDictionary *artDict = @{@"Artist":@"Dali", @"Title":@"The Ship", @"Medium":@"Oil Paint"};
NSString *favoriteArtist = [artDict valueForKey:@"Artist"];

There are several examples following the link in the teacher's notes Objective-C Literals from this previous video