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Oh Danny Boy
Oh Danny Boy

Reputation: 4887

Sorting NSMutableArray using SortDescriptor AND Predicate possible?

I have an array of type "Restaurant" which has an NSSet of "Rating." Rating has an ID and a value.

I want to sort the array of Restaurant's by rating with an ID of 01, from high to low.

Something like the following, but how do I use the predicate and sort descriptor together on originalArray?

NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"Rating.rating_id=%d", ratingID];
NSSortDescriptor *descriptor = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"currentValue" ascending:YES];
NSArray *sorted = [[originalArray allObjects] sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObject:descriptor]];

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7956

Answers (1)

Nicolas Bachschmidt
Nicolas Bachschmidt

Reputation: 6505

You can sort the array using a NSComparator block.

NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"rating_id = %d", ratingID];

NSArray *sorted = [array sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) {

    int value1 = [[[[obj1 ratings] filteredSetUsingPredicate:predicate] anyObject] currentValue];
    int value2 = [[[[obj2 ratings] filteredSetUsingPredicate:predicate] anyObject] currentValue];

    if ( value1 < value2 )
        return NSOrderedAscending;
    if ( value1 > value2 )
        return NSOrderedDescending;
    return NSOrderedSame;
}];

Upvotes: 5

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