How to see if NSArray, created with valueForKey is empty - ios

Question

I got an array:
NSArray *itemsArray = [self.tournamentDetails.groups valueForKey:#"Items"];
Where self.tournamentDetails.groups is an NSArray, build with a JSON string from a webRequest.
Items is sometimes empty and sometimes it contains objects. So i need an if statement to check if its empty or not. I've tried some different things like:
if ([itemsArray count]!=0)
if (!itemsArray || !itemsArray.count)
Problem is that if my Items object from valueForKey is empty then the itemsArray still contains an object looking like this
<__NSArrayI 0x178abef0>(
<__NSArrayI 0x16618c30>(
)
)
When theres items inside my Items object it looks like this:
<__NSArrayI 0x18262b70>(
<__NSCFArray 0x181e3a40>(
{
BirthDate = 19601006T000000;
ClubName = "Silkeborg Ry Golfklub";
ClubShortName = "";
CompletedResultSum = {
Actual = {
Text = 36;
Value = 36;
};
ToPar = {
Text = "";
Value = 0;
};
};
}
)
)
Meaning that [itemsArray count] is always equal to 1 or more, and then it jumps into the if statement when it should not.
Anyone know how i can create an if statement where if itemsArray contains "Items:[]" it will be skipped and if itemsArray contains "Items:[lots of objects]" it will run?
EDIT: Solution is to check up on the first index like this if([[itemsArray objectAtIndex:0] count] != 0) then run code.

Answer 1

Try this:
if(itemsArray && itemsArray.count>0) //be sure that it has value){
for(NSArray *item in itemsArray){
if(item.count > 0){
// you have an NSDictionary. Will process it
}else{
//item.count == 0 : this is an empty NSArray.
}
}
}

Answer 2

more simpler
for (id obj in itemsArray)
{
if([obj isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]])
{
if(obj.count > 0)
{
//your if condition here
}
}
}