转载自:http://nshipster.cn/nssortdescriptor/
NSSortDescriptor由下述参数组成 :
- 键:对于一个给定的集合,对应值的键位将对集合中的每个对象进行排序。
- 升序:指定一个集合是否按照升序(YES)还是降序(NO)进行排序的布尔值。
任何时候当你在为面向用户的字符串排序时,一定要加入localizedStandardCompare:选择器,它将根据当前语言环境的语言规则进行排序(语言环境可能会根据大小写,变音符号等等的顺序而发生改变)。
有的集合(比如NSArray和NSSet)有以sortDescriptors作为参数,可以返回排过序的数组的方法。排序描述符按顺序应用,所以如果两个元素碰巧被捆绑在同一个特定的排序标准,束缚将被后续的任意描述符所打破。
为了更直观的描述,假设我们有一个Person对象,它具有NSString *类型的姓和名属性,和NSUInteger类型的年龄属性。
@interface Person : NSObject
@property NSString *firstName;
@property NSString *lastName;
@property NSNumber *age;
@end
#import "Person.h"
@implementation Person
- (NSString *)description
{
return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", self.firstName, self.lastName];
}
@end
NSArray *firstNames = @[ @"Alice", @"Bob", @"Charlie", @"Quentin" ];
NSArray *lastNames = @[ @"Smith", @"Jones", @"Smith", @"Alberts" ];
NSArray *ages = @[ @24, @27, @33, @31 ];
NSMutableArray *people = [NSMutableArray array];
[firstNames enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
Person *person = [[Person alloc] init];
person.firstName = firstNames[idx];
person.lastName = lastNames[idx];
person.age = ages[idx];
[people addObject:person];
}];
NSSortDescriptor *firstNameSortDescriptor = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"firstName" ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedStandardCompare:)];
NSSortDescriptor *lastNameSortDescriptor = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"lastName" ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedStandardCompare:)];
NSSortDescriptor *ageSortDescriptor = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"age" ascending:YES];
NSLog(@"By age: %@", [people sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[ageSortDescriptor]]);
//"Alice Smith","Bob Jones","Quentin Alberts","Charlie Smith"
NSLog(@"By first name: %@", [people sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[firstNameSortDescriptor]]);
//"Alice Smith","Bob Jones","Charlie Smith","Quentin Alberts"
NSLog(@"By last name, first name: %@", [people sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[lastNameSortDescriptor, firstNameSortDescriptor]]);
//"Quentin Alberts","Bob Jones","Alice Smith","Charlie Smith"