Help parsing a nested JSON object

I have the following JSON:

{
    "meta": {
        "code": 200
    }, 
    "response": {
        "deals": [
            {
                "id": 32373, 
                "date_added": "2011-01-13 12:12:50", 
                "end_date": "2011-01-14 10:00:00", 
                "active": 1, 
                "discount": {
                    "raw": 71, 
                    "formatted": "71%"
                }, 
                "price": {
                    "raw": "85.00", 
                    "formatted": "$85"
                }, 
                "value": {
                    "raw": "300.00", 
                    "formatted": "$300"
                }, 
                "purchased": 82, 
                "left": null, 
                "title": "$85 For $300 Babyface Facial At Park Avenue MedSpa", 
                "yipit_title": "71% off Babyface Facial", 
                "url": "http://yipit.com/aff/click/?deal=AvwTADtE&key=F374EFbM", 
                "yipit_url": "http://yipit.com/new-york/livingsocial/85-for-300-babyface-facial-at-park-avenue-medspa/", 
                "images": {
                    "image_big": "http://d22nv2k05ynu7x.cloudfront.net/deal_images/deal/85-for-300-babyface-facial-at-park-avenue-medspa-1294920769_display_image.jpg", 
                    "image_small": "http://d22nv2k05ynu7x.cloudfront.net/deal_images/deal/85-for-300-babyface-facial-at-park-avenue-medspa-1294920769_small_image.jpg"
                }, 
                "division": {
                    "slug": "new-york", 
                    "name": "New York", 
                    "active": 1, 
                    "time_zone_diff": -4, 
                    "lat": "40.7142690000000000", 
                    "lon": "-74.0059730000000000", 
                    "url": "http://yipit.com/new-york/"
                }, 
                "tags": [
                    {
                        "name": "Facial", 
                        "slug": "facial", 
                        "url": "http://yipit.com/new-york/deals/facial/"
                    }, 
                    {
                        "name": "Spa", 
                        "slug": "spa", 
                        "url": "http://yipit.com/new-york/deals/spa/"
                    }
                ], 
                "business": {
                    "name": "Park Avenue MedSpa", 
                    "url": "", 
                    "locations": [
                        {
                            "address": "565 Park Ave", 
                           "locality": "New York",
                            "phone": "212-593-8821", 
                            "lat": null, 
                            "lon": null
                        }
                    ]
                }, 
                "source": {
                    "name": "LivingSocial", 
                    "slug": "livingsocial", 
                    "paid": 0, 
                    "url": "http://yipit.com/new-york/livingsocial"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Here is how I am parsing it:

    NSArray *deals = [[resul开发者_如何学Pythonts objectForKey:@"response"] valueForKey:@"deals"];
    NSLog(@"%@",[[results objectForKey:@"response"] valueForKey:@"deals"]);

    for(NSDictionary* deal in deals)
    {
        NSLog(@"Title: %@", [deal valueForKey:@"title"]);
        NSLog(@"URL: %@", [deal valueForKey:@"url"]);
        NSLog(@"Value: %@", [[deal valueForKey:@"value"] valueForKey:@"formatted"]);
        NSLog(@"Picture URL: %@", [[deal valueForKey:@"images"] valueForKey:@"image_small"]);
        NSLog(@"Business: %@", [[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"name"]);
        NSLog(@"Address: %@", [[[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"locations"] valueForKey:@"address"]);
        NSLog(@"City: %@", [[[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"locations"] valueForKey:@"locality"]);
        NSLog(@"Phone: %@", [[[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"locations"] valueForKey:@"phone"]);

        [items addObject:deal];
    }

My logging looks good except for Address, City and Phone. Here is the log:

Title: $10 for $20 Worth of Food and Drinks at Blondies in Tempe
URL: http://yipit.com/aff/click/?deal=cHBPNZ3w&key=93HU7t2d
Value: $20
Picture URL: http://d22nv2k05ynu7x.cloudfront.net/deal_images/deal/50-off-at-blondies-sports-bar-1298454745_small_image.jpg
Business: Blondies Sports Bar
Address: (
    "501 S Mill Ave"
)
City: (
    Tempe
)
Phone: (
    "702-737-0444"
)

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From the JSON you provided, locations is an array (that's what the square brackets mean), so the values that are returned from valueForKey: are contained in NSArray instances (hence the parentheses).

You could use objectAtIndex: before the last call to valueForKey: to obtain just the value you're looking for.

By the way, you can also use valueForKeyPath: to simplify accessing nested values, for example

[deal valueForKeyPath:@"business.name"];

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[[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"locations"] returns an array. Calling -valueForKey: on an NSArray executes valueForKey: for every object in the array and returns an array of the results (see the NSArray documentation for this). So that's what you get, an array of the corresponding values.

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You could try changing your code to something like this:

NSDictionary *primaryLocation =  [[[deal valueForKey:@"business"] valueForKey:@"locations"] objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(@"Address: %@", [primaryLocation valueForKey:@"address"]);
NSLog(@"City: %@", [primaryLocation valueForKey:@"locality"]);
NSLog(@"Phone: %@", [primaryLocation valueForKey:@"phone"]);