I have and array inside the value of dictionary - ios

I have an dictionary and the value containts the array of string as follows
arr = ["key":"["a","b","c","d","e","f","g"]"]
I want the new array to be like
let array = ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g"]
How to parse it

You can access dictionary items in few different ways, the easiest is:
let array = arr["key"]
You may need to conditionally unwrap it
if let array = arr["key"] as? [String] {
// rest of code with array
}

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check which dictionary keys corresponding arrays contain a certain string

I have a dictionary like this dict = [String:[String]]
I want to be able to check if a given string is contained in any of the arrays in the dictionary. If so I would like to then gather the keys for those arrays and create a new array of those values.
Here searching for the word "so":
let dict = ["hi":["so", "im"], "fi": ["to", "le"]]
let keys = Array(dict.filter{ $1.contains("so") }.keys)
print(keys)
For your second request where a match is enough:
let values = ["hi":["so", "im"], "fish": ["to", "ler"]]
let keys = Array(values.filter{ $1.contains{ string in string.contains("s") } }.keys)
print(keys)

iOS Dictionary with two values per key?

I currently have a dictionary that contains 1 value per key. Is it possible to have 2 values per key?
var data = HomeVC.getData()
MyVariables.users = data.users;
MyVariables.img = data.img;
//MY Current dictionary with 1 value and 1 key
for (index, element) in enumerate(MyVariables.users)
{
MyVariables.dictionary[element as! String] = MyVariables.img[index]
}
I'm trying to add values from another array to this dictionary. So in total I would have 3 arrays in the same index position when calling them. 2 values and 1 key
You can use arrays or tuples as values of a dictionary:
var dictionary: Dictionary<String, (ValType1, ValType2)>
dictionary["foo"] = (bar, baz)
println(dictionary["foo"][1])
Instead of that try saving an NSArray as the value for key. The NSArray will be able to save more than 1 values and should suffice.
The lifecycle for a 2 values per key would look something like this
myDict[#"key1"] = value1;
// then set next value
myDict[#"key1"] = value2;
Now your dictionary has lost the first value and you only have access to the last one.
Your code would look something like
for (index, element) in enumerate(MyVariables.users)
{
var savedArray: [Your-Object-Type-Here]? = []
var savedArray = MyVariables.dictionary[element as! String]
if savedArray != nil {
savedArray!.append(MyVariables.img[index])
}
else {
savedArray = []
}
MyVariables.dictionary[element as! String] = savedArray
}
If your values are different types, create a custom class to hold the values. Make your dictionary keys point to objects of your custom class.

2 arrays into one dictionary while maintaining the indexes

I have two separate arrays that I want to import into a dictionary. Order is extremely important because both arrays must match in index
struct MyVariables {
static var users:NSArray!
static var img:NSArray!
}
var data = SearchVC.getData()
MyVariables.users = data.users; //array 1 (key)
MyVariables.img = data.img; //array 2
// Goal is to insert these arrays into a dictionary while maintaing the matching indexes on both arrays
// Dictonary (MyVariables.img, key: MyVariables.users)
A Dictionary does not have a particular order. However, if both arrays have the same length, it is quite easy to iterate over them together:
var dictionary = [NSString: AnyObject]()
for var index = 0; index < data.users.count; index++ {
let img = data.img as! NSString
dictionary[img] = data.users[index]
}
Or, as #robertvojta suggested, use the zip() method:
var dictionary = [NSString: AnyObject]()
for (user, image) in zip(data.users, data.img) {
let img = image as! NSString
dictionary[img] = user
}
The key in a dictionary in swift must be hashable. i.e., not AnyObject.
Assuming you can replace some of your untyped Swift arrays, or cast them like so:
struct MyVariables {
var users:Array<AnyObject>
var img:Array<String>
}
then you can iterate through 1 array using a preferred Swift method and access the second using indexing:
var dictionary = Dictionary<String, AnyObject>()
for (index, element) in enumerate(MyVariables.img) {
dictionary[element] = MyVariables.users[index]
}
Use for loop for travels the array in that as per index access keys and values respective array and add it in dictionary. Its so simple so you can achive your goal using it.
I hope it will help you!

Create an array in swift

I'm searching really much, but maybe I can't understand the results.
I found only that a array in SWIFT have as index int-values
var myArray = [String]()
myArray.append("bla")
myArray.append("blub")
println(myArray[0]) // -> print the result bla
But I will add a String with an String as index-key
var myArray = [String:String]()
myArray.append("Comment1":"bla")
myArray.append("Comment2":"blub")
println(myArray["Comment1"]) // -> should print the result bla
How should i declare the array and how I can append a value then to this array?
Your second example is dictionary
myArray["key"] = "value"
If you want array of dictionaries you would have to declare it like this
var myArray: [[String: String]]
Your first example is an array. Your second example is a dictionary.
For a dictionary you use key value pairing...
myArray["Comment1"] = "Blah"
You use the same to fetch values...
let value = myArray["Comment1"]
println(value)
You got the concept of array in the first example but for the second one you need a dictionary as they operate on key value pair
// the first String denotes the key while the other denotes the value
var myDictionary :[String:String] = ["username":"NSDumb"]
let value = myDictionary["username"]!;
println(value)
Quick reference for dictionaries collection type can be found here

How to put an array of array into another array in Swift 1.2

var dic: [String: [[Item]]] //dic with string key and value of array in array of my Class Object
How can i take the values from this dic and store it in an array as this:
var array: [[Item]]//Array of array
How can I store the values from dic Into this array I tried using the for(key, value) statement. But it wouldn't let me append the values to the array variable. If you need more information I'm happy to give it, but if you understand what I'm trying to do and you know how to do it I appreciate your answer and it's very much needed!!!
If you want to get all the values in dictionary use dictionary.values, it will return you an array of all the values.
var array = dic.values
If you want to go through each value in the dictionary use the following:
for value in dic.values {
// println("Value: \(value)")
array.append(value)
}
For your first line i give you suggestion that you should create your dictionary by
var array = ["123","456","789"]
var array1 = NSMutableArray()
array1 .addObject(array)
var dict = ["String":array1]
var array3 :NSArray = dict["String"]!
println("value ::\(array3[0])")
Output that you get is::
"value ::(\n 123,\n 456,\n 789\n)"
May this help you

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