Question

Here I got from JSON

[{“photo”:null}]

and I use this code

NSMutableArray *jPhoto = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:(NSArray *)[jsonDict valueForKey:@"photo"]];

How can I check it if I want to use if() ??

edit

here is JSON Data

   [{"photo":
              [{"image":"http:\/\/www.yohyeh.com\/upload\/shisetsu\/13157\/photo\/1304928459.jpg","title":"test picture","content":"this is description for test picture.\r\n\u8aac\u660e\u6587\u306a\u306e\u306b\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb"}
              ,{"image":"http:\/\/www.yohyeh.com\/upload\/shisetsu\/13157\/photo\/1304928115.jpg","title":"nothing","content":"iMirai"}
              ,{"image":"http:\/\/www.yohyeh.com\/upload\/shisetsu\/13157\/photo\/1303276769.jpg","title":"iMirai","content":"Staff"}]}
  ]

and here is my JSON parser

NSError *theError = nil;     
    NSString *URL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://www.yohyeh.com/apps/get_sub_detail.php?id=%@&menu=photo",g_id];
    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:URL]];
    NSURLResponse *theResponse =[[[NSURLResponse alloc]init] autorelease];
    NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&theResponse error:&theError];   
    NSMutableString *string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    NSDictionary *jsonDict = [string JSONValue];

Thank for help

Answer 1

I believe most JSON parsers represent null as [NSNull null].

Considering jsonDict points to that single element in the array, then the following should work:

if ([jsonDict objectForKey:@"photo"] == [NSNull null]) {
    // it's null
}

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Edit based on comment: so jsonDict, despite its name, is an array. In that case, rename jsonDict to jsonArray to avoid further confusion. Then, considering jsonArray points to an array similar to the example posted in the question:

NSArray *photos = [jsonArray valueForKey:@"photo"];
for (id photo in photos) {
    if (photo == [NSNull null]) {
        // photo is null
    }
    else {
        // photo isn't null
    }
}

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Further edit based on OP’s modified question:

NSArray *jsonArray = [string JSONValue];

NSArray *photos = [jsonArray valueForKey:@"photo"];
for (id photo in photos) {
    if (photo == [NSNull null]) {
        // photo is null
    }
    else {
        // photo isn't null. It's an array
        NSArray *innerPhotos = photo;
        …
    }
}