How do I sort a NSMutableArray by NSString length?

Question

I have a NSMutableArray containing NSStrings of various lengths. How would I go about sorting the array by the string length?

Answer 1

See my answer to sorting arrays with custom objects:

NSSortDescriptor *sortDesc= [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"length" ascending:YES];

[myArray sortUsingDescriptors:@[sortDesc]];

Answer 2

This is how I did it (love me some blocks!)

_objects = [matchingWords sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id a, id b) {
        NSNumber *alength = [NSNumber numberWithInt:((NSString*)a).length];
        NSNumber *blength = [NSNumber numberWithInt:((NSString*)b).length];
        return [alength compare:blength];
    }];