Detect null and "null"-like JSON values? xcode

Question

I have a problem with inserting data to a cell in tableView. When I searched for the source of error I saw that my webservice is returning null values. So when I call the name to the cell it crashes argumenting that is null. So, cause is a database issue, I just want to skip adding the ones that have for example: { "name":"null"} In others services, i get null values empty... So It does not cause problems.. I think it is the null value as a string. Here is an example: ``` { "24_7" = 0; address = "avenue innsbruck"; city = GRENOBLE; country = FR; dst = "14007.2046741012"; "h_saturday" = " - "; "h_sunday" = " - "; "h_week" = " - "; id = 324; "location_lat" = "45.154"; "location_long" = "5.73387"; name = "<null>"; "tel_1" = 0476544254; "tel_2" = ""; zipcode = 38000; } ``` I just want to skip adding this when I'm parsing the json in here. ``` NSString *theJSON = [request responseString]; SBJsonParser *parser = [[SBJsonParser alloc] init]; NSDictionary *jsonDictionary = [parser objectWithS…

Accepted Answer

You can test if your object is null by doing this in your loop:

```
if ([taxi isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]])
    continue;
//else, process it
```

Detect null and "null"-like JSON values? xcode

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