Question

Can someone please show me the code for sorting an NSMutableArray? I have the following NSMutableArray:

NSMutableArray *arr = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

with elements such as “2”, “4”, “5”, “1”, “9”, etc which are all NSString.

I’d like to sort the list in descending order so that the largest valued integer is highest in the list (index 0).

I tried the following:

[arr sortUsingSelector:@selector(compare:)];

but it did not seem to sort my values properly.

Can someone show me code for properly doing what I am trying to accomplish? Thanks!

Answer 1

It’s pretty simple to write your own comparison method for strings:

@implementation NSString(compare)

-(NSComparisonResult)compareNumberStrings:(NSString *)str {
    NSNumber * me = [NSNumber numberWithInt:[self intValue]];
    NSNumber * you = [NSNumber numberWithInt:[str intValue]];

    return [you compare:me];
}

@end