Question

While implement the code below, I got itemCount = 3, but it should be itemCount = 1 because I point to Banner > Banner. Did anyone know why I got this result and any fix for it?

Thanks

NSDictionary *xmlDictionary = [XMLReader dictionaryForXMLData:contents error:&parseError];

NSLog(@"xmlDictionary = %@", xmlDictionary);

int itemCount = [[[xmlDictionary objectForKey:@"Banner"] objectForKey:@"Banner"] count];

NSLog(@"itemCount = %d", itemCount);

LOG:

2012-03-02 12:54:49.728 BROADWAY[541:ef03] xmlDictionary = {
    Banner =     {
        Banner =         {
            date =             {
                text = "\n        29/02/2012";
            };
            name =             {
                text = "\n    \n        iPhone_Banner_HSB.jpg";
            };
            text = "\n    ";
        };
        text = "\n";
    };
}
2012-03-02 12:54:49.728 BROADWAY[541:ef03] itemCount = 3

Answer 1

The count of a dictionary is the number of keys in the dictionary.

The top-level dictionary has one key: Banner.

That key’s value is a dictionary with two keys: Banner and text.

The second Banner key’s value is a dictionary with three keys: date, name, and text. This is the dictionary that you counted.