How to clear a dictionary?

Question

I'm currently doing the following to clear out an NSMutableDictionary

[myDictionary release];
myDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

The release line doesn't actually release any objects in the dictionary. I can still see all of them on the next line. It isn't until the alloc line is executed that the dictionary is zeroed out. Is there a better way to do it?

Answer 1

I can't test it at the moment, but have you tried the removeAllObjects method of NSMutableDictionary?

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSMutableDictionary_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSMutableDictionary/removeAllObjects