Best way to sort an NSArray of NSDictionary objects?

Question

I'm struggling with trying to sort an array of dictionaries.

My dictionaries have a couple of values of interest, price, popularity etc.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Use NSSortDescriptor like this..

NSSortDescriptor * descriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"interest" ascending:YES]; stories = [stories sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[descriptor]]; recent = [stories copy]; 

stories is the array you want to sort. recent is another mutable array which has sorted dictionary values. Change the @"interest" with the key value on which you have to sort.

All the best

Answer 2

[array sortUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"YOUR-KEY" ascending:YES], nil]]; 

I don't really want to break it into multiple lines. It's already simple enough for me.