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Sekhar
Sekhar

Reputation: 339

How access an array in a Dictionary in a plist

i have 2 arrays in a dictionary stored as a plist.i am not able to find a way to access these arrays separately

<key>MainCategories</key>
<dict>
  <key>CategoryNames</key>
    <array>
        <string>Accelaration</string>
        <string>Force</string>
        <string>Fuel Consumption</string>
    </array>
    <key>Images</key>
    <array>
        <string>accelaration_icon.png</string>
        <string>force_icon.png</string>
        <string>fuel_icon.png</string>
    </array>
</dict>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 208

Answers (2)

Ankit Thakur
Ankit Thakur

Reputation: 4749

NSString *plistFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathOfResource:@".." ofType:@"plist"];
NSDictionary *mainCategories = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:plistFilePath];

NSArray *categoryNames = [mainCategories objectForKey:@"CategoryNames"];
NSArray *categoryImages = [mainCategories objectForKey:@"Images"];

Upvotes: 0

Mike Weller
Mike Weller

Reputation: 45598

After loading the plist, you just access the different keys:

NSDictionary *plist = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:filename];

NSDictionary *mainCategories = [plist objectForKey:@"MainCategories"];
NSArray *categoryNames = [mainCategories objectForKey:@"CategoryNames"];
NSArray *images = [mainCategories objectForKey:@"Images"];

Upvotes: 4

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