Swift how to sort array of custom objects by property value

Question

lets say we have a custom class named imageFile and this class contains two properties.

class imageFile  {
    var fileName = String()
    var fileID = Int(         


        

Answer 1

If you are not using custom objects, but value types instead that implements Comparable protocol (Int, String etc..) you can simply do this:

myArray.sort(>) //sort descending order

An example:

struct MyStruct: Comparable {
    var name = "Untitled"
}

func <(lhs: MyStruct, rhs: MyStruct) -> Bool {
    return lhs.name < rhs.name
}
// Implementation of == required by Equatable
func ==(lhs: MyStruct, rhs: MyStruct) -> Bool {
    return lhs.name == rhs.name
}

let value1 = MyStruct()
var value2 = MyStruct()

value2.name = "A New Name"

var anArray:[MyStruct] = []
anArray.append(value1)
anArray.append(value2)

anArray.sort(>) // This will sort the array in descending order