iPhone tableview: titleForHeaderInSection derived from array

Posted by Nic Hubbard on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Nic Hubbard
Published on 2010-05-03T23:07:45Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 23:38 UTC
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I have a tableview that is populated by an array. Currently the tableview has no grouping. What I would like to do is check a value of each array object, such as State, and group all the CA items together, all the OR items together, etc. Then, assign those groups a title.

The array is dynamic, and will grow and get new values in the future, so I can't hardcode titles, I would like these to somehow come from my initial array.

Currently I am using the following, but it does not take into account sorting of the array, or if I removed all of the items in the array that have to do with California.

- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { 
 if (section == 0) {
  return @"California";
 } else if (section == 1) {
  return @"Washington";
 } else {
  return @"Utah";
 }
}//end tableView

So, I am confusing myself as to how this would be possible. Any tips would be appreciated.

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