Split NSString multiple times on the same separator
The following line...
testArray2 = [s componentsSeparatedByString:@"|"];will cause the array to now contain 3 items, instead of 2..... no need to split again!
do like this.
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"]; NSArray *testArray = [testString componentsSeparatedByString:@","]; NSLog(@"%@",testArray); for(int i=0;i<[testArray count];i++){ NSString *str=[testArray objectAtIndex:i]; NSArray *aa=[str componentsSeparatedByString:@"|"]; NSLog(@"%@",aa); }No need of retain the array.