Strings read from Core Data gets returned inside ( ), how do I access the string without the ( )?
<p>I use the following code to get data from my persistent storage and assign the output to some text fields</p>

<pre><code>AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];

NSManagedObjectContext *context = appDelegate.persistentContainer.viewContext;

// Fetch the itemDetails from persistent data store
NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] initWithEntityName:@"TillData"];
NSPredicate *predicateItemId =[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"itemId==%@", _transactionDetailViewItemIdTxt.text];
NSPredicate *predicateBarCode =[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"noos14 LIKE %@", _transactionDetailViewBarCodeTxt.text];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSCompoundPredicate orPredicateWithSubpredicates:@[predicateItemId, predicateBarCode]];

[fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];

NSError *error = nil;
self.itemInfo = [[context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&amp;error] mutableCopy];
fetchRequest = nil;

if([NWTillHelper isDebug] == 1) {
    NSLog(@"TransactionDetailView:transactionDetailViewItemLookupBtn_Pressed:fetchRequest:error %@", error);
    NSLog(@"TransactionDetailView:transactionDetailViewItemLookupBtn_Pressed:self.itemInfo.itemId holds %@", [self.itemInfo valueForKey:@"itemId"]);
    NSLog(@"TransactionDetailView:transactionDetailViewItemLookupBtn_Pressed:self.itemInfo.noos14 holds %@", [self.itemInfo valueForKey:@"noos14"]);
}

[self.transactionDetailViewItemIdTxt setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [self.itemInfo valueForKey:@"itemId"]]];
[self.transactionDetailViewBarCodeTxt setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [self.itemInfo valueForKey:@"noos14"]]];
</code></pre>

<p>The debug output tells me I am getting the correct values back as follows</p>

<pre><code>TransactionDetailView:transactionDetailViewItemLookupBtn_Pressed:self.itemInfo.itemId holds (
    101064025138011
)
2016-11-26 00:04:12.428 NWMobileTill[2282:87496] TransactionDetailView:transactionDetailViewItemLookupBtn_Pressed:self.itemInfo.noos14 holds (
    "09258384394951,09258387434951"
)
</code></pre>

<p>As you can see the returned values are enclosed in (), I thought that was simply the debug output, but in fact those () are also there when I assign the strings to text fields which of course makes no sense, meaning I end up with strings in my UITextFields that looks like (   fooo  ) </p>

<p>Why is my data enclosed in those parentheses and how do I access the actual values without the parentheses? Rest assured the actual data in the DB is NOT enclosed in ( )</p>