Question

I have a NSString like that? (in iPhone application)

  NSString *xmlStr =  "<?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8>
                         <information>
                             <name>John</name>
                             <id>435346534</id>
                             <phone>045635456</phone>
                             <address>New York</address>
                         </information>" 

How I can get elements value?
(Do i need convert to XML format and get elements value? or split string? any way please tell me?)

Thank you guys.

Answer 1

If you want to use split string, you can use tokenization of strings using “componentsSeparatedByString” method. This is a more cumbersome method of course, rather than the recommended XMLParser

To get the name.

NSArray *xmlStr_first_array = [xmlStr componentsSeparatedByString: @"<name>"];

NSString *xmlStr_split = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[xmlStr_first_array objectAtIndex:1]];

NSArray *xmlStr_second_array = [xmlStr_split componentsSeparatedByString: @"</name>"];

NSString *name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[xmlStr_second_array objectAtIndex:0]];