Sorting array(NSArray) in descending order

Question

I have a array of NSString objects which I have to sort by descending.

Since I did not find any API to sort the array in descending order I approached by following w

Answer 1

You can use NSSortDescriptor:

NSSortDescriptor* sortDescriptor = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:nil ascending:NO selector:@selector(localizedCompare:)];
NSArray* sortedArray = [inFileTypes sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[sortDescriptor]];

Here we use localizedCompare: to compare the strings, and pass NO to the ascending: option to sort in descending order.