How to Sort NSMutable Array

Question

I am having NSMutableArray containing objects like [1,10,100,101,32A,32B,75,76,77,GAOTHAN], I want to sort this array in ascending order. I am using below code but it is not working, As I don't have any key in my array. If anybody having solution please let me know.

NSSortDescriptor *descriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"self" 
                                                           ascending:NO];
NSArray *descriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:descriptor];
NSArray *reverseOrder = [dateArray sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:descriptors];

Take a look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/805547/how-to-sort-an-nsmutablearray-with-custom-objects-in-it?rq=1 — Andriy Savran, Feb 08 '16 at 08:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 09:09

I got it

-(void)sortArray
{
      NSMutableArray *unsortedArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:@"1",@"10",@"100",@"32A",@"32B",@"GAOTHAN", nil];
    NSArray *sortedArray = [unsortedArray sortedArrayUsingComparator:^(id firstObject, id secondObject)
                            {
        return [((NSString *)firstObject) compare:((NSString *)secondObject) options:NSNumericSearch]; }];
    NSLog(@"Array is ::%@",sortedArray);
}

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 06:43

you need to add compare method

- (NSComparisonResult)compare:(NSString *)otherObject {
    return [self compare:otherObject];
}

Call this method using the below code which return you sorted array.

NSMutableArray * arrayToFilter = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:@"1",@"10",@"100",@"101",@"32A",@"32B",@"75",@"76",@"77",@"GAOTHAN",nil];

NSArray *sortedArray = [arrayToFilter sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(compare:)];

you can write you own logic to compare two object of your array.

How to Sort NSMutable Array

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