Display Uitableview minus first character

[jasonbfly]

Hello,
I am still pretty new to Xcode and struggling with sorting an NSMutableDictionary inside my TableView.
The best i can do is sort it Alphabetically but that is not the order in which i want it to display.
I figured that if i add a letter to the begining of each key like so:
AEp 1
BEp 2
CEp 3
etc...
I could sort it alphabetically like that. How ever i do not want that letter to be displayed when it is shown in the cell of the tableView. Does anyone know how to display the key, but take out the first character of the keys.
Thanks for any help at all
-Jason.

[BrianSlick]

I suspect you're making this too hard. What does your actual data look like, and what determines the order you want it to be displayed?

[jasonbfly]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

I suspect you're making this too hard. What does your actual data look like, and what determines the order you want it to be displayed?

Thanks for the reply, my data looks like this:

episodes = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];


[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 1" forKey:@"Episode 1 Name"];
[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 2" forKey:@"Episode 2 Name"];[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 3" forKey:@"Episode 3 Name"];[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 4" forKey:@"Episode 4 Name"];
[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 5" forKey:@"Episode 5 Name"];
[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 6" forKey:@"Episode 6 Name"];
[episodes setObject:@"Info for episode 7" forKey:@"Episode 7 Name"];

datasource = [[episodes allKeys] sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(caseInsensitive Compare:)];

So i would like to display and sort the information in my tableview, which it does at the moment, but it does it in alphabetical order because of the line:

datasource = [[episodes allKeys] sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(caseInsensitive Compare:)];

I would like display it in the tableview in a custom view, from episode 1-7.
Thanks for your help :)

[BrianSlick]

Make a model class. Ex:

// Episode.h

@interface Episode : NSObject;
{
}

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *info;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSNumber *sortOrder;

@end

Fill those with information as needed, put them into an array, sort as desired.

[jasonbfly]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

Make a model class. Ex:

// Episode.h

@interface Episode : NSObject;
{
}

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *info;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSNumber *sortOrder;

@end

Fill those with information as needed, put them into an array, sort as desired.

Would you be able to give me an example of how to fill that all in? and than how would i get it to display in the cell, with episode name, than once that cell is clicked to display the info? Thanks for the help and speady responce

[BrianSlick]

Episode *episode = [[Episode alloc] init];
[episode setName:@"Name of episode"];
[episode setInfo:@"Stuff about episode"];
[episode setSortOrder:[NSNumber numberWithInt:0]];

[[self listOfEpisodes] addObject:episode];

[episode release], episode = nil;

You're going to have to figure out the rest for yourself.

[jasonbfly]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

Episode *episode = [[Episode alloc] init];
[episode setName:@"Name of episode"];
[episode setInfo:@"Stuff about episode"];
[episode setSortOrder:[NSNumber numberWithInt:0]];

[[self listOfEpisodes] addObject:episode];

[episode release], episode = nil;

You're going to have to figure out the rest for yourself.

Ok, thanks a lot for your help