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    copied!<p>I am trying to get a string out of a plist file that contains a nested dictionary. This is the plist:</p> <pre><code>&lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;DataPoints&lt;/key&gt; &lt;array&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;source&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;BloomBerg&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;date&lt;/key&gt; &lt;date&gt;2010-01-31T14:54:13Z&lt;/date&gt; &lt;key&gt;value&lt;/key&gt; &lt;integer&gt;1233&lt;/integer&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;source&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;BloomBerg&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;date&lt;/key&gt; &lt;date&gt;2010-02-02T14:54:13Z&lt;/date&gt; &lt;key&gt;value&lt;/key&gt; &lt;integer&gt;1235&lt;/integer&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;source&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;BloomBerg&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;date&lt;/key&gt; &lt;date&gt;2010-01-31T14:54:13Z&lt;/date&gt; &lt;key&gt;value&lt;/key&gt; &lt;integer&gt;1230&lt;/integer&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;/array&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here is my code:</p> <pre><code>NSString *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"sampledata.plist"]; NSDictionary* plotDictionary = [[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:path] retain]; NSArray* plotData = [plotDictionary objectForKey:@"DataPoints"]; NSLog(@"Got the dict %d",[plotData count]); NSDictionary* plotPoint = [plotData objectAtIndex:1]; NSLog(@"Got the point %d",[plotPoint count]); NSString* source = [plotPoint objectForKey:@"source"]; NSLog(@"...", source); </code></pre> <p>I get the counts of the arrays and the dicts but not the value of the string. Probably doing something simple wrong...</p>
 

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