Return number of arrays within a dictionary key?

Question

How do I return the number of arrays within a dictionary key?

var timedic = [String: [AnyObject]]()

output: var output = ["March 27": ["do the dishes", "take out the trash"], ["Take bro to soccer practice"], "March 29": ["Walk the dog", "Water the plants"], "March 28": ["Clean the house"]]

I tried timedic["March 27"].count but I get the number of objects inside the array instead of the number of arrays under the key "March 27"

Answer 1

If you wanted to have your key map to an Array of Arrays, you would need to do this:

var timedic = [String : [[AnyObject]]]()

Which would map a String to an Array of Arrays of AnyObject. As it currently stands, your dictionary maps a String to an Array of AnyObject.

Answer 2

I'm not sure I understand your question however given this dictionary

var timedic = [
    "March 27": ["do the dishes", "take out the trash"],
    "March 29": ["Walk the dog", "Water the plants"],
    "March 28": ["Clean the house"]
]

If you want the total number of arrays inside the dictionary

let count = timedic.values.count

If you want the total number of String(s) into the dictionary

let count = timedic.values.flatten().count

If you want the total number of String(s) for a given key

let count = timedic["March 27"].values.flatten().count