KVC string conversion not working for BOOL value

Question

Hey. I am reading in a string from a file and attempting to use the resulting string to set a BOOL property on an object using the KVC method -setValue:forKeyPath:

Answer 1

Add a simple category to your project:

@implementation NSString (CharValue)

- (BOOL)charValue {
    return [self isEqualToString:@"0"] ? NO : YES;
}

@end