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Reputation: 701

Populate an Array with a Comma Delimited String Content?

My app uses a web service in which you scan a food item which returns a UPC number. I feed this number into the web service, and i get all the details about that specific food. I grabbed the "ingredients" and turned it into an array called "ingredients".

This is the value of my array: 

  ingredientsArray = dataDictionary[@"nf_ingredient_statement"];

When I NSLog my [ingredients description] value, it looks like this:

Distilled Vinegar, Water, #1 Grade Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric, Paprika, Spice, Natural Flavors and Garlic Powder.

My question is how can I turn that string into an array which will populate the table view?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 101

Answers (1)

Mike
Mike

Reputation: 9835

IF you want to turn a comma-separated string into an array, here is how you do it, assuming the string is separated by a comma and then a space.

NSString *exampleString = @"one, two, three";
NSArray *exampleArray = [exampleString componentsSeparatedByString:@", "];

Produces:

2014-08-25 23:01:26.561 Testing[60889:3946435] (
    one,
    two,
    three
)

I'm not confident based on your post/comment if you're dealing with an array or a string, but if I were you I would NSLog(@"%@", [ingredientsArray class]); to see what class the object you think you have is.

Upvotes: 2

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