how to check if parsed rss variable contain exact element in swift 2

Question

I have a rss link which I parse it using SWXMLHash and then I use it's elements like below but when an element is missing in the rss I get below error message! how can I check if rss contain for example source element if it doesn't contain it put " " in the variable !

code :

UPDATE : Fixed Code :

let count = xml["rss"]["channel"]["item"].all.count

    var Name = ""
    var Image = ""
    var Link = ""

    for var index = 0; index < count; index++ {
        Name = xml["rss"]["channel"]["item"][index]["title"].element!.text!
        if let element = xml["rss"]["channel"]["item"][index]["source"].element?.attributes["url"] as String? {
            Image = element
            Link = element
        } else {
            print("Blank")
            Image = ""
            Link = ""
        }

        let ap = pic(name: Name ,img : Image, link : Link)
        self.tableData.append(ap)

        //for reducing delay of loading table view data
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
        self.tableView.reloadData()
        return
        })
    }

HardikDG · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28T09:33:40.127

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you should check for optional where you have force unwrap element, if it has element take value else put ""

let count = xml["rss"]["channel"]["item"].all.count

let arrSource:NSMutableArray = []

for var index = 0; index < count; index++ {
    if let element = xml["rss"]["channel"]["item"][index]["source"].element?.attributes["url"] as String? {
        print("Element \(element)")
        arrSource.addObject(element)
    } else {
       print("Blank")
    }
}
print("Count \(arrSource.count) Arr \(arrSource)")

This works when source or url is empty and prints Blank if one of them are empty

edited Feb 28 '16 at 09:33

answered Feb 28 '16 at 06:07

HardikDG

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Thanks for answer but i get : "Cast from 'XMLElement?' to unrelated type 'String' always fails" warning message is there any way to fix it ? – anonymox Feb 28 '16 at 06:18
You can change string to the type you are getting in the attribute may be to 'XMLElement' as i don't know about your data i have put string at the end for example – HardikDG Feb 28 '16 at 06:21
Aha Thanks I'll check to see which type will fit – anonymox Feb 28 '16 at 06:28
This is my rss link if you want to check : http://razaviarchive.aqr.ir/index/rss/4" – anonymox Feb 28 '16 at 06:30
This is confusing this code ignore all elements ! while just one of my rss element dosen't have source in it. – anonymox Feb 28 '16 at 06:34
@anonymox i have updated the answer based on your response – HardikDG Feb 28 '16 at 09:34
Thanks Solved my problem. – anonymox Feb 28 '16 at 09:55

how to check if parsed rss variable contain exact element in swift 2

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