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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Getting Oriented - Object-Oriented, That Is Review NSDictionaries and NSMutableDictionaries

J. Jared
J. Jared
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Posted by J. Jared
J. Jared
2,383 Points

Why am I getting a compiler error?

I'm getting a compiler error when everything seems to be working okay.

variable_assignment.mm 
//NSDictionary *artDict = @{[@"Artist":@"Dali", @"Title":@"The Ship", @"Medium":@"Oil Paint"]};

NSDictionary *artDict = @{[@"Artist":@"Dali", @"Title":@"The Ship", @"Medium":@"Oil Paint"]};

1 Answer

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points
Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

You need to get rid of the square brackets. NSDictionary literals don't use them unless some value happens to use them.

NSDictionary *artDict = @{@"Artist":@"Dali", @"Title":@"The Ship", @"Medium":@"Oil Paint"};

I hope this helps!