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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Memory, Arrays and Loops, Oh My! Alloc and Init

Rodrigo Alarcon
Rodrigo Alarcon
8,028 Points

Please help me

Create an NSMutableDictionary called 'carDict'. Allocate memory and initialize 'carDict' with the following key/value pairs: "Make":"Honda", "Model":"Accord". Do this all in one line of code.

i dont have any code because i dont know where to start

1 Answer

Martin Wildfeuer
PLUS
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points
// You can create an empty mutable dictionary this way
NSMutableDictionary *mutableDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

// There's also a slightly shorter form:
NSMutableDictionary *mutableDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

// Bonus: You can also do this :)
NSMutableDictionary  *mutableDictionary = @{}.mutableCopy;

// There are way more initializers, for a complete list, check the Apple Docs

// Immutable dictionaries can be initialized and populated with literal syntax 
NSDictionary *dictionary = @{ @"key" : value,@ "otherKey": value };

// Unfortunately that is not possible for mutable dictionaries, so we
// could use the `initWithDictionary` initializer with the dictionary
// we created before...
NSMutableDictionary  *mutableDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary initWithDictionary:dictionary];

//..., but what the assignment really expects is a one-liner
NSDictionary *mutableDictionary  = [[NSDictionary alloc]
                    initWithObjects:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"aString", @"anotherString", nil]
                            forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"aKey", @"anotherKey", nil]];

Hope that helps :)

Sydney Srirak
Sydney Srirak
7,612 Points

NSMutableDictionary *carDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjects:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Honda", @"Accord", nil] forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Make", @"Model", nil]];