Separate a String By Semicolon - ios

Question

I am using following code to separate a string into multiple strings and getting an error
NSArray *arr = [randomStr componentsSeparatedByString:#";"];
Error:
-[__NSDictionaryM componentsSeparatedByString:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1758f230
-[__NSDictionaryM componentsSeparatedByString:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1758f230
This is my Sample Data
NSArray *data = {
{
name = "name1";
address = "RWP";
ID = 0;
},
{
name = "name2";
address = "RWP";
ID = 1;
},
{
name = "name3";
address = "RWP";
ID = 2;
},}
NSString *randomStr = data[0];
What's wrong in my code

Answer 1

You have an array of dictionaries, not strings. There is nothing to split.
You want something like this:
NSDictionary *dict = data[0];
NSString *name = dict[#"name"];
NSString *address = dict[#"address"];

Answer 2

You have to be sure randomStr as a NSString.
You can check like
if ([randomStr isKindOfClass:[NSString Class]]) {
NSArray *arr = [randomStr componentsSeparatedByString:#";"];
}

Answer 3

It sounds like the randomStr variable is an MutableDictionary. Thats why its not working.
here is my Test:
NSString *foo = #"BAR;FOO;VAR";
NSArray *arr = [foo componentsSeparatedByString:#";"];
NSLog(#"%#", arr);
Thise Logs:
BAR,
FOO,
VAR
EDIT:
Dictionary to array:
NSMutableDictionary *dict = #{#"aKey1" :#"BAR",
#"aKey2" :#"FOO",
#"aKey3" :#"VAR"}.mutableCopy;
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSString *key in dict) {
[array addObject:dict[key]];
}
NSLog(#"%#",array);
This Logs:
BAR,
FOO,
VAR