Parse Plist (NSString) into NSDictionary

Question

So I have a plist structured string, that get dynamically (not from the file system). How would I convert this string to a NSDictionary. I've tried converting it NSData and then to a NSDictionary with NSPropertyListSerialization, but it returns "[NSCFString objectAtIndex:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x100539f40" when I attempt to access the NSDictionary, showing that my Dictionary was not successfully created. Example of the NSString (that is the plist data): ``` Key1 Test1 Key2 Value2 Key3 value3 ``` Thanks!

Accepted Answer

See Serializing a Property List (web.archive.org link)

```
NSData* plistData = [source dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *error;
NSPropertyListFormat format;
NSDictionary* plist = [NSPropertyListSerialization propertyListWithData:plistData mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListImmutable format:&format errorDescription:&error];
NSLog( @"plist is %@", plist );
if(!plist){
    NSLog(@"Error: %@",error);
    [error release];
}
```

Parse Plist (NSString) into NSDictionary

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