Question

I assign JSON values to NSDictionary and try to retrive Key’s from the dictionary. It returns the value with the parentheses!

This is the value it returns
(
873
) , (
“HST 299”
)

Here is the JSON

[{"_id":873,"_code":"HST 299"}]

Here is my code:

NSDictionary *courseDetail = [responseString JSONValue];
NSLog(@"%@ , %@", [courseDetail valueForKey:@"_id"], [courseDetail valueForKey:@"_code"]);

Answer 1

Because your JSON is an array ([] means array).
And there is ONE dictionary with TWO key-values in the array.

So, if you change your code into

NSDictionary *courseDetail = [[responseString JSONValue] objectAtIndex:0];

it will gives you the correct result.