Re: Using NSSortDescriptor to reverse sort an NSArray containing NSString objects

2008-06-08 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Adam R. Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So for an array of NSNumbers you could use -description and a -numericCompare: method that uses NSNumericSearch. In my opinion, it makes more sense to use -self and -compare: for NSDate/NSNumber. To me, option 1 only

Using NSSortDescriptor to reverse sort an NSArray containing NSString objects

2008-06-06 Thread George Stuart
So I searched through the cocoabuilder.com threads on array sorting to see what had been discussed regarding this topic. My goal is to reverse alphabetically sort an array of NSString objects. I saw a couple suggestions: 1. Categories to add funcationality to NSString and then use the

Re: Using NSSortDescriptor to reverse sort an NSArray containing NSString objects

2008-06-06 Thread Ken Thomases
On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Friday, June 06, 2008, at 02:07PM, George Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The suggestion of using a keyPath of @self presents another question: 1) I assume NSSortDescriptor is using valueForKeyPath:, which in turns calls valueForKey:

Re: Using NSSortDescriptor to reverse sort an NSArray containing NSString objects

2008-06-06 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Jun 6, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Friday, June 06, 2008, at 02:07PM, George Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The suggestion of using a keyPath of @self presents another question: 1) I assume NSSortDescriptor is using