Getting an array of a property from an object array

Question

I need to extract an array of a single property from a custom object array. eg.

@interface MyClass : NSObject 
{
    int sampleNumber;
    NSString *sampleName;
}

I have an array of MyClass instances called myArray. I want to then get an array of the sampleName strings. Is there a way to do it without stepping through the whole array like this:

NSMutableArray *stringArray;

for (MyClass *thisInstance in myArray) 
{    
    [stringArray addObject:thisInstance.sampleName];
}

I attempted to search for a similar question in Objective-C but found it only in the PHP and LINQ sections.

Answer 1

Use Key-Value Coding:

NSArray *stringArray = [myArray valueForKey:@"sampleName"];