nsmutabledictionnary with nsmutablestring forkey

Question

I have a nsmutabledictionnary, and when I use setObject:forKey: with a nsstring key it works when I try objectForKey, but if I put a nsmutablestring in the key argument of the SetObject:forKey: method, it's not work when I call objectForKey, it return the last object in the dictionnary...

sorry for my english I do my best... Alex

Answer 1

If a normal string works, but the mutable one doesn't, then why don't you just add another line of code and convert it to a normal string?

NSString *keyValue = mutableStringVariable;

Answer 2

Hi Alex,

You should know that NSDictionary (and NSMutableDictionary) copies the key before adding it - thus, if you use a NSMutableString as a key, then modify that same string, the key in the database will still have the old value. This is done for a reason - the key in a NSDictionary should always be static, since it's actually the hash of it that's used for retrieving the associated value.