How do I populate two sections in a tableview with two different arrays using swift?

Question

I have two arrays Data1 and Data2 and I want to populate the data within each of these (they contain strings) into a tableview in two different sections.

The first s

Answer 1

You could create a Struct to hold the data that belongs to a section, as an alternative to my previous answer. For example:

struct SectionData {
    let title: String
    let data : [String]

    var numberOfItems: Int {
        return data.count
    }

    subscript(index: Int) -> String {
        return data[index]
    }
}

extension SectionData {
    //  Putting a new init method here means we can
    //  keep the original, memberwise initaliser.
    init(title: String, data: String...) {
        self.title = title
        self.data  = data
    }
}

Now in your view controller you could setup your section data like so:

lazy var mySections: [SectionData] = {
    let section1 = SectionData(title: "Some Data 1", data: "0, 1", "0, 2", "0, 3")
    let section2 = SectionData(title: "KickAss", data: "1, 0", "1, 1", "1, 2")

    return [section1, section2]
}()

Section Headers

override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
    return mySections.count
}

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
    return mySections[section].title
}

Compared to my previous answer, you now don't have to worry about matching the number of headerTitles to the number of arrays in data.

TableView Cells

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return mySections[section].numberOfItems
}

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cellTitle = mySections[indexPath.section][indexPath.row]

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell
    cell.textLabel?.text = cellTitle

    return cell
}