How to count the mutable array objects in iphone? - objective-c

Question

I am fresher to iOS. In my application i have 3 mutable arrays with objects like
NSMutableArray *MuteItem = [NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:#"a", #"b", #"b", #"c", #"c", #"c", nil]];
NSMutableArray *MuteQuantity = [NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:#"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", nil]];
NSMutableArray *MutePrice = [NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:#"4", #"3", #"3", #"6", #"6", #"6", nil]];
Now i need to print that 3 mutable arrays values with counting the same item's quantity and calculate the price also like objects
MuteItem = { a, b, c }
MuteQuantity = { 1, 2, 3 } // counting of same item's quantity like {1, 1+1, 1+1+1}
MutePrice = { 4, 6, 18 } // here addition of same item's prices like {4, 3+3, 6+6+6}
So anybody, would you please help me in this problem. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This code will do exactly as you requested, and will even handle any keys in MuteItem, and will generate three new arrays with the aggregate information from each of the three original arrays.
NSMutableArray* muteItem = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects: #"a", #"b", #"b", #"c", #"c", #"c", nil];
NSMutableArray* muteQuantity = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects: #"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", #"1", nil];
NSMutableArray* mutePrice = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects: #"4", #"3", #"3", #"6", #"6", #"6", nil];
NSMutableArray* setItem = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray* setQuantity = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray* setPrice = [NSMutableArray array];
NSSet* itemSet = [NSSet setWithArray: muteItem];
for (NSString* key in itemSet) {
NSIndexSet* indices = [muteItem indexesOfObjectsPassingTest: ^BOOL(id obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
return [obj isEqualToString: key];
}];
__block NSInteger totalQuantity = 0;
__block NSInteger totalPrice = 0;
[indices enumerateIndexesUsingBlock: ^void(NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
totalQuantity += [[muteQuantity objectAtIndex: idx] integerValue];
totalPrice += [[mutePrice objectAtIndex: idx] integerValue];
}];
[setItem addObject: key];
[setQuantity addObject: [NSNumber numberWithInteger: totalQuantity]];
[setPrice addObject: [NSNumber numberWithInteger: totalPrice]];
}
NOTE: This code assumes you are using ARC. Also, in your original code you forgot to nil terminate your array constructors.
EDIT: I notice that your prices are integers, you may want to change them to floats if your currency uses decimal fractions. This would require changing the definition of totalPrice to float and you would want to change the end of the totalPrice += line from integerValue to floatValue.
EDIT2: Renamed all variables that started with a capital letter as this violates standard naming convention. Only class names should begin with a capital letter, variables should always begin with lowercase, or an _ for instance variables. :)