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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Memory, Arrays and Loops, Oh My! Alloc and Init

David Richardson
David Richardson
775 Points
Posted by David Richardson
David Richardson
775 Points

why doesn't this work for task 1 of Alloc Init Challenge

having trouble getting this accepted for task 1 of challenge on Alloc Init :

Create NSMutableDictionary called carDict with initialization for key/value pairs "make":"honda","model":"accord"

variable_assignment.mm 
NSMutableDictionary *carDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:@"make",@"honda",@"model",@"accord",nil];

1 Answer

Arman Arutyunov
Arman Arutyunov
21,900 Points
Arman Arutyunov
Arman Arutyunov
21,900 Points

The syntax is a bit different. You should firstly pass the value and only then the key. Like this:

NSMutableDictionary *carDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:@"Honda",@"Make",@"Accord",@"Model",nil];