Converting the text from a .plist file into an array

[joshholat]

I have a .plist file that contains an array of dictionaries. Is there any way that I can take the text of this and turn it into an array? I can't use initWithContentsOfFile: because I don't have access to the file, just the text inside of it. For example, given the text below, how would you construct an array?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<dict>
<key>Blah</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>Blah Blah 2</key>
<string>Text</string>
<key>Hey</key>
<false/>
<key>Test</key>
<string>Groceries</string>
</dict>
</array>
</plist>

[linkmx]

Well, you could save it to a file and then use initWithContentsOfFile.

[joshholat]

Originally Posted by linkmx

Well, you could save it to a file and then use initWithContentsOfFile.

Yeah, I tried that but [NSString writeToFile:atomically:] is deprecated for strings. So I tried putting the string into an NSMutableArray, but then that changes the < to &lt and what not...

[yezaev]

what exactly do you want the array to look like? separated by newlines or something? I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here.