这是我解决问题的方法。它将删除不必要且不区分大小写的字母。
- (NSArray *)sectionIndexTitlesForTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return [self generateSectionTitles];
}
-(NSArray *)generateSectionTitles {
NSArray *alphaArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"A", @"B", @"C", @"D", @"E", @"F", @"G", @"H", @"I", @"J", @"K", @"L", @"M", @"N", @"O", @"P", @"Q", @"R", @"S", @"T", @"U", @"V", @"W", @"X", @"Y", @"Z", nil];
NSMutableArray *sectionArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSString *character in alphaArray) {
if ([self stringPrefix:character isInArray:self.depNameRows]) {
[sectionArray addObject:character];
}
}
return sectionArray;
}
-(BOOL)stringPrefix:(NSString *)prefix isInArray:(NSArray *)array {
for (NSString *str in array) {
//I needed a case insensitive search so [str hasPrefix:prefix]; would not have worked for me.
NSRange prefixRange = [str rangeOfString:prefix options:(NSAnchoredSearch | NSCaseInsensitiveSearch)];
if (prefixRange.location != NSNotFound) {
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView sectionForSectionIndexTitle:(NSString *)title atIndex:(NSInteger)index {
NSInteger newRow = [self indexForFirstChar:title inArray:self.depNameRows];
NSIndexPath *newIndexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:newRow inSection:0];
[tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:newIndexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:NO];
return index;
}
// Return the index for the location of the first item in an array that begins with a certain character
- (NSInteger)indexForFirstChar:(NSString *)character inArray:(NSArray *)array
{
NSUInteger count = 0;
for (NSString *str in array) {
//I needed a case insensitive search so [str hasPrefix:prefix]; would not have worked for me.
NSRange prefixRange = [str rangeOfString:character options:(NSAnchoredSearch | NSCaseInsensitiveSearch)];
if (prefixRange.location != NSNotFound) {
return count;
}
count++;
}
return 0;
}