Keys in NSDictionary can be duplicated?
From what I have read, keys in dictionaries are unique.
Consider this 开发者_JAVA百科code:
NSMutableDictionary *mydic = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[mydic setObject:@"value1" forKey:@"key1"];
[mydic setObject:@"value1" forKey:@"key1"];
[mydic setObject:@"value1" forKey:@"key1"];
Why can I run this without any error? What should I do to avoid duplicate keys?
Yes keys are unique. Calling -setObject:forKey:
with an existing key overrides the old value — it sets values, not adds values. You can check that:
[mydict setObject:@"1" forKey:@"key1"];
[mydict setObject:@"2" forKey:@"key1"];
NSLog(@"%@", mydict);
If you don't want existing items to be overridden, check if it exists with -objectForKey:
:
@implementation NSMutableDictionary (AddItem)
-(void)addObjectWithoutReplacing:(id)obj forKey:(id)key {
if ([self objectForKey:key] == nil)
[self setObject:obj forKey:key];
}
@end
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