is there a method to get the Max and Min of an NSMutableArray

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Mike Khan picture Mike Khan · Feb 6, 2012 · Viewed 15k times · Source

Is there a way in iOS for me to get the Max and Min values of an NSMutableArray of double numbers. I'm looking for an already existing method, not for me to sort the array my self. If there is a method for me build into the API for me to sort the array that would interest me too.

Thank you

Answer

Jason Coco picture Jason Coco · Feb 6, 2012

If you wanted to simply get the min and max doubles:

NSNumber* min = [array valueForKeyPath:@"@min.self"];
NSNumber* max = [array valueForKeyPath:@"@max.self"];

If you wanted to simply sort them:

// the array is mutable, so we can sort inline
[array sortUsingSelector:@selector(compare:)];

The NSNumber class will sort nicely just using compare:, but if you need to do more complicated sorting, you can use the -sortUsingComparator: method which takes a block to do the sorting. There are also methods on NSArray which will return new arrays that are sorted, instead of modifying the current array. See the documentation for NSArray and NSMutableArray for more information.

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