how to sort an array of date objects in it?

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Sort NSArray of date strings or objects

I want to sort an array which contain Dates in ascending order

read this....http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5820979/objective-c-sort-an-array-of-string and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1132806/sort-nsarray-of-date-strings-or-objects — Sudha Tiwari, Jan 08 '13 at 10:53
I don't understand why people answer to these kind of questions. — Desdenova, Jan 08 '13 at 14:10

holex · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-08T14:01:09.180

it is a very generic way to sort any NSArray with any type of objects, using blocks. now, it just is specified as solution for your current problem with the NSDate objects.

NSArray *_arrayOfDates = // your array with the NSDate objects;
NSArray *_sortedArrayOfDates = [_arrayOfDates sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) {
    return [((NSDate *) obj1) compare:((NSDate *)obj2)];
}];
NSLog(@"%@", _sortedArrayOfDates);

please note: you can use NSMutableArray with -sortUsingComparator: method, which provides the same result, but the array will be sorted inside of itself.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '13 at 10:54

Try this:

          NSLog(@"livevideoparsingarray..%@",livevideoparsingarray);
            NSSortDescriptor * descLastname = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"active" ascending:YES];
            [livevideoparsingarray sortUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:descLastname, nil]];
            [descLastname release];
            videoparsing = [livevideoparsingarray copy];

livevideoparsingarray is my array which I have sort & active is my tag which is in array which I have sort. You change with your requirements.

how to sort an array of date objects in it?

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