Break String that came from Json - iphone

Question

I have a String that I got from a webserver which came in json format, but the string is huge with everything in it. I tried using the NSDICTIONARY but to no success. I was wondering what would be the best approach to break this string and add to different strings and eventually put it all in a class of strings. Thanks for the help! Here is my code:
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc]init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://mym2webdesign.com/meiplay/paulsuckedabuffalo/artists.php"]];
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil]; //Or async request
returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSError *error=nil;
NSLog(#"HHHHHHHHHHHHHH"); //use this to know how far Im getting
NSLog(returnString); // Look at the console and you can see what the restults are
/*NSDictionary *results = [returnString JSONValue];
NSString *ID = [results objectForKey:#"ID"]; // for example
NSLog(#"ID Number: %#", ID);*/
Here is some of the log i get:
[{"ID":"1","name":"kevin","bio":"kevins bio"},{"ID":"1","name":"kevin","age":"20"},{"ID":"2","name":"Cesar","bio":"Cesar bio"},{"ID":"2","name":"Cesar","age":"19"},{"ID":"3", "name":"Katherine", "bio":"Katherines bio"},{"ID":"3", "name":"Katherine", "age":"22"}]

Answer 1

You are doing it wrong. Its a NSArray of NSDictionaries. So first you need to assign it to NSArray and then loop over it to get each individual NSDictionary. See below.
NSArray *results = [returnString JSONValue];
for(NSDictionary *record in results)
{
NSLog(#"ID: %#", [record objectForKey:#"ID"]);
}

Answer 2

You'll probably be better off just using NSJSONSerialization if your app is targeted for at or over iOS 5.0:
NSArray *JSONArray = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:returnData options:0 error:&error];
You might need to experiment with using NSArray vs. NSDictionary, etc., but this should be an overall simpler solution.

Answer 3

Try this :
NSArray *results = [returnString JSONValue];
for (int i=0; i<[results count];i++) {
NSDictionary *DetailDictonary=[results objectAtIndex:i];
NSString *strid=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"ID"];
NSString *strName=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"name"];
NSString *strBio=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"bio"];
// Or You can set it in Your ClassFile
MyClass *classObj=[[MyClass alloc] init];
classObj.strid=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"ID"];
classObj.strName=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"name"];
classObj.strBio=[DetailDictonary objectForKey:#"bio"];
[YourMainArray addObject:classObj]; //set YourClass to Array
[classObj release];
}