get the title of a tableview titleForHeaderInSection - objective-c

Question

I have 4 sectioned tables in my iOS 6 app. These tables each have a title that I set in the titleForHeaderInSection. I would like to know how I can access this title with NSLog in didSelectRowAtIndexPath. I DO see the string value of the row I clicked on in the alert but I would also like the title of the tableview section. I'm not sure how to get that.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSMutableArray *sectionArray = [self.arrayOfSections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
UITableViewCell *selectedCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
NSString *cellText = selectedCell.textLabel.text;
NSLog(#"Selected Cell: %#", cellText);
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Selected a row" message:[sectionArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
}
- (NSString *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section{
NSString *result = nil;
if ([tableView isEqual:self.myTableView] && section == 0) {
myTableView.tableHeaderView.tag = FROZEN;
result = #"Frozen";
} else if ([tableView isEqual:self.myTableView] && section == 1) {
myTableView.tableHeaderView.tag = FRUIT;
result = #"Fruit";
}
else if ([tableView isEqual:self.myTableView] && section == 2) {
myTableView.tableHeaderView.tag = SALADS;
result = #"Salads";
} else if ([tableView isEqual:self.myTableView] && section == 3) {
myTableView.tableHeaderView.tag = VEGETABLES;
result = #"Vegetables";
}
return result;
}

Answer 1

Store the titles of sections in an array as,
NSArray *sectionTitles = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"Frozen", #"Fruit", #"Salads", #"Vegetables", nil];
And modify your titleForHeaderInSection method as,
- (NSString *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSString *result = [sectionTitles objectAtIndex:section];
//....
return result;
}
Modify didSelectRowAtIndexPath as,
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//...
NSLog(#"Header title: %#", [sectionTitles objectAtIndex:indexPath.section]);
//...
}
Another option is to use the below method in didSelectRowAtIndexPath
NSLog(#"Header title: %#", [self tableView:tableView titleForHeaderInSection:indexPath.section]);

Answer 2

Well, it does seem like UITableView should provide access to this for you, but I'm not finding anything... The easiest way to implement this would be, I think, to create an array (I'll call it mySectionTitles and assume it's a property) with your section titles and then, in didSelectRowAtIndexPath, call [self.mySectionTitles objectAtIndex:indexPath.section] and do whatever you want with the returned string.