how to search specific data in plist ios - ios

Question

Hello I believe that this is a simple issue, I'm a newbie in objective c so please help me.
I have a populated data in plist and i want to make a simple search ( uitextfield and uibutton) how will i make this? Here's my plist:
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<dict>
<key>ID</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>title</key>
<string>Toyota Gen. Santos</string>
<key>address</key>
<string>National Hwy., City Heights, General Santos City, South Cotabato</string>
<key>tel</key>
<string>[phone]</string>
<key>latitude</key>
<real>6.119086</real>
<key>longitude</key>
<real>125.159881</real>
<key>img</key>
<string>locator_gmap_marker.png</string>
</dict>
....
</array>
</plist>
Thanks! Here's my method for loading plist
//read plist
-(NSString *) dataFilePath{
NSArray *path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentDirectory = [path objectAtIndex:0];
return [documentDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"locations.plist"];
}
- (void)readPlist{
//read plist
NSString *filePath = [self dataFilePath];
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath]) {
NSArray *array = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
NSLog(#"%#\n",array);
}
}
The [self readPlist] will be placed at the veiwDidLoad method. the output will be seen at the NSLOG - all item I have stored in the plist. What i hope to achieved is to get a specific data by searcheing on a UITextfield with a UIbutton and will be seen at a UIlabel.
This code to iterate the dictionaries from the plist i got it from this How to search in a plist to retrieve a value for a specific key, here's the code from event button:
//event button
//Read locations details from plist
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"locations" ofType:#"plist"];
NSArray *locations = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:path];
for (NSDictionary *row in locations){
NSNumber *tel = [row objectForKey:#"tel"];
NSNumber *address = [row objectForKey:#"address"];
NSString *title = [row objectForKey:#"title"];
self.titleLbl.text = title;
self.addrsLbl.text = address;
self.telLbl.text = tel;
}

Answer 1

Here's the code i remade in event button. Thanks to
Bijoy Thangaraj, Tark for reference and rmaddy for helping out.
How to search in a plist to retrieve a value for a specific key
Search on Arrays inside Plist in Xcode
- (IBAction)eventSearch:(UIButton *)sender {
//Read locations details from plist
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"locations" ofType:#"plist"];
NSArray *locations = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:path];
//convert string to number
NSNumberFormatter * f = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];
[f setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
NSNumber *IDnum = [f numberFromString:self.idTxtField.text];
for (NSDictionary *row in locations) {
NSNumber *itemID = [row objectForKey:#"ID"];
if(IDnum == itemID){
NSString *tel = [row objectForKey:#"tel"];
NSString *address = [row objectForKey:#"address"];
NSString *title = [row objectForKey:#"title"];
self.titleLbl.text = title;
self.addLbl.text = address;
self.telLbl.text = tel;
}
}
NSLog(#"accessed!");
self.idTxtField.text = #"";
}