Question

How can I reverse a NSArray in Objective-C?

Answer 1

For reversing a mutable array, you can add the following category to your code:

@implementation NSMutableArray (Reverse)

- (void)reverse {
    if ([self count] <= 1)
        return;
    NSUInteger i = 0;
    NSUInteger j = [self count] - 1;
    while (i < j) {
        [self exchangeObjectAtIndex:i
                  withObjectAtIndex:j];

        i++;
        j--;
    }
}

@end

You can also take advantage of the built-in reverseObjectEnumerator method on NSArray, and the allObjects method of NSEnumerator:

NSArray* reversedArray = [[startArray reverseObjectEnumerator] allObjects];