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Leo Starić
Leo Starić

Reputation: 331

Cannot properly convert value from JSON dictionary

I'm stuck on a weird problem. I'm parsing a JSON response via Alamofire, and want to fetch a variable that just keeps throwing errors regardless whether I cast it to a String or Number, whilisting changing the error message every time I do :/ If I cast it to a String like this:

let kolicina = jsonCategory["kolicina"] as! String

if Int(kolicina) > 0 {

I get the error:

"Could not cast value of type '__NSCFNumber' (0x10f051368) to 'NSString' (0x10e627b48)."

When I try to cast it to a NSNumber:

let kolicina = jsonCategory["kolicina"] as! NSNumber

if kolicina.integerValue > 0 {

I get:

"Could not cast value of type 'NSTaggedPointerString' (0x10effcae8) to 'NSNumber' (0x10e5d32a0)."

This is what I get for that specific variable when I print the Dictionary:

 kolicina = 0;

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 275

Answers (2)

Sulthan
Sulthan

Reputation: 130092

It seems you have a combination of strings and integers in there. I would recommend you to fix the JSON and keep the data either as a string or a number, not both.

If you want to parse such a format, you will have to try to parse it as a NSNumber or as a NSString, e.g.:

let kolicina = jsonCategory["kolicina"]

if let kolicinaString = kolicina as? String {
 ...
} else if let kolicinaInt = kolicina as? Int {
 ...
}

with the > 0 checks you could do something like this:

if let kolicinaString = kolicina as? String,
       kolicinaInt = Int(kolicinaString) where kolicinaInt > 0 {

    print("String: \(kolicinaInt)")
} else if let kolicinaInt = kolicina as? Int where kolicinaInt > 0 {

    print("Int: \(kolicinaInt)")
}

or using a ternary operator:

let kolicinaInt = (kolicina is String) ? Int(kolicina as! String) : kolicina as? Int

if kolicinaInt > 0 {
    print("Kolicina: \(kolicinaInt)")
}

Upvotes: 2

Bhavin Bhadani
Bhavin Bhadani

Reputation: 22374

Try this .. don't make force unwrap

    if let kolicina = jsonCategory["kolicina"] as? Int{
        // Success: your kolicina is Int
        print(kolicina)
    }
    else{
       // Not an Int
    }

Upvotes: 2

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