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http://blog.csdn.net/a21064346/article/details/7762034
在这里说明一点东西: NSSortDescriptor是一个专门用来排序的。它可以设定关键字(字典中的key),根据对应key的value来进行一个排序。 其中,如果是对array数组进行排序,那么object为字典,并且key对应的value 一定得是string,如果对应的是对象obj,那么系统会报错。 一般用到的地方有NSArray(object 为NSDictionary),core data过滤筛选。
根据字典中关键字,对字典进行排序 //First create the array of dictionaries NSString *LAST = @"lastName"; NSString *FIRST = @"firstName"; NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array]; NSArray *sortedArray; NSDictionary *dict; dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Jo", FIRST, @"Smith", LAST, nil]; [array addObject:dict]; dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Joe", FIRST, @"Smith", LAST, nil]; [array addObject:dict]; dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Joe", FIRST, @"Smythe", LAST, nil]; [array addObject:dict]; dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Joanne", FIRST, @"Smith", LAST, nil]; [array addObject:dict]; dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Robert", FIRST, @"Jones", LAST, nil]; [array addObject:dict]; //Next we sort the contents of the array by last name then first name // The results are likely to be shown to a user // Note the use of the localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare: selector NSSortDescriptor *lastDescriptor = [[[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:LAST ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)] autorelease]; NSSortDescriptor *firstDescriptor = [[[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:FIRST ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)] autorelease]; NSArray *descriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:lastDescriptor, firstDescriptor, nil]; sortedArray = [array sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:descriptors];