Sorting NSMutableArray By Object's Property

Question

So this is a rather basic question regarding the best way to sort an NSMutableArray of custom objects.

I have a an NSMutableArray of custom

Answer 1

This little snippet worked great for me:

[students sortUsingDescriptors:@[[NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"name" ascending:YES]]];

Answer 2

NSSortDescriptorss make this really simple. With NSMutableArray you can sort the existing array using sortUsingDescriptors: and with immutable arrays you create a new array using sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:

//This will sort by stringProperty ascending, then dateProperty ascending
[mutable_array sortUsingDescriptors:
 @[
  [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"stringProperty" ascending:YES],
  [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"dateProperty" ascending:YES]
  ]];