Question

I got a NSDictionary that when I do a [currentOrder debugDescription] call on it the layout is below, when I then do a:

[currentOrder valueForKey: @"itemOrder"]

It return it funny with the brackets as:

(
    "4 X ESPRESSO"
)

where it should only be (without brackets):

4 X EXPRESSO

Any idea why?

Content of currentOrder:

currentOrder: <__NSArrayM 0x68426c0>(
{
    extra1Select = 0;
    extra2Select = 0;
    extra3Select = 0;
    itemCost = 58;
    itemOrder = "4 X ESPRESSO";
    itemOrderDescription = "Cookie: YES, Sugar: YES";
    itemQuantity = 4;
    itemRestaurant = VidaECaffe;
    plistItem =     {
        cost = "11.5";
        description = "R11.50";
        extra1 =         {
            desc = Cookie;
            details =             (
                                {
                    cost = "3.00";
                    option1 = YES;
                },
                                {
                    cost = "0.00";
                    option2 = NO;
                }
            );
        };
        extra2 =         {
            desc = Sugar;
            details =             (
                                {
                    cost = "0.00";
                    option1 = YES;
                },
                                {
                    cost = "0.00";
                    option2 = NO;
                }
            );
        };
        itemRestaurant = VidaECaffe;
        level = 1;
        title = ESPRESSO;
    };
}
)

Answer 1

The problem is that currentOrder is not a dictionary but a NSArray containing a dictionary. The failure you are making next is that you use valueForKey: which is part of the key value coding family and not the designated access method for dictionaries (which is objectForKey:), and the array returns you a filtered array as a result…