objective c - How to get string from NSArray which contains bracket -

my code this: (here name nsarray , object array passed function parameter)

[name addobject:object]; nslog(@"%@",name); 

when got output this:

{name:\"malay basu"\ date:\"2013-04-18"\ senderid:\"24" receiverid:\"25"} 

now when retrieving name field of array string got string as:

nsstring *temp = [name valueforkey:@"name"]; output: `( malay basu )` 

now when string operations string appending or comparison of string got error like:

terminating app due uncaught exception 'nsinvalidargumentexception', reason: '-[__nsarrayi isequaltostring:]: unrecognized selector sent instance 0x16635ed0' 

to remove error need string without bracket displays above. need malay basu instead of ( malay basu ).so next step fetch proper string string variable because need operations string compare,string appending. appreciated.

check purpose of methods using.

-valueforkey: when called on nsarray

returns array containing results of invoking valueforkey: using key on each of array's objects.

so object isn't string, it's array of strings. log statement shows brackets because log notation nsarray. {} brackets log notation nsdictionary.

to process result strings, use loop.

for (nsstring *astring in anarray) {     nslog(@"%@ %@", astring, nsstringfromclass([astring class]); }