How can I add a boolean value to a NSDictionary?

Thanks picture Thanks · May 24, 2009 · Viewed 72.3k times · Source

Well, for integers I would use NSNumber. But YES and NO aren't objects, I guess. A.f.a.i.k. I can only add objects to an NSDictionary, right?

I couldn't find any wrapper class for booleans. Is there any?

Answer

harms picture harms · May 24, 2009

You use NSNumber.

It has init... and number... methods that take booleans, just as it does integers and so on.

From the NSNumber class reference:

// Creates and returns an NSNumber object containing a 
// given value, treating it as a BOOL.
+ (NSNumber *)numberWithBool:(BOOL)value

and:

// Returns an NSNumber object initialized to contain a
// given value, treated as a BOOL.
- (id)initWithBool:(BOOL)value

and:

// Returns the receiver’s value as a BOOL.
- (BOOL)boolValue