Split NSString multiple times on the same separator
I am currently receiving a string like this: @"Sam|26,Hannah|22,Adam|30,Carlie|32,Jan|54" And I am splitting it like this: testArray = [[NSArray alloc] init]; NSString *testString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"Sam|26,Hannah|22,Adam|30,Carlie|32,Jan|54,Steve|56,Matty|24,Bill|30,Rob|30,Jason|33,Mark|22,Stuart|54,Kevin|30"]; testArray = [testString componentsSeparatedByString:@","]; dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary]; for (NSString *s in testArray) { testArray2 = [s componentsSeparatedByString:@"|"]; [dict setObject:[testArray2 objectAtIndex:1] forKey:[testArray2 objectAtIndex:0]]; }