let sortedUsers = users.sorted {
    $0.firstName < $1.firstName
 }

对于NSMutableArray，使用sortUsingSelector方法。它对位置进行排序，而不创建新实例。

iOS 4块将拯救你:)

featuresArray = [[unsortedFeaturesArray sortedArrayUsingComparator: ^(id a, id b)  
{
    DMSeatFeature *first = ( DMSeatFeature* ) a;
    DMSeatFeature *second = ( DMSeatFeature* ) b;

    if ( first.quality == second.quality )
        return NSOrderedSame;
    else
    {
        if ( eSeatQualityGreen  == m_seatQuality || eSeatQualityYellowGreen == m_seatQuality || eSeatQualityDefault  == m_seatQuality )
        {
            if ( first.quality < second.quality )
                return NSOrderedAscending;
            else
                return NSOrderedDescending;
        }
        else // eSeatQualityRed || eSeatQualityYellow
        {
            if ( first.quality > second.quality )
                return NSOrderedAscending;
            else
                return NSOrderedDescending;
        } 
    }
}] retain];

http://sokol8.blogspot.com/2011/04/sorting-nsarray-with-blocks.html一点描述

我已经创建了一个小型的类别方法库，称为Linq to ObjectiveC，这使得这类事情更加容易。使用带有键选择器的sort方法，您可以按birthDate进行排序，如下所示:

NSArray* sortedByBirthDate = [input sort:^id(id person) {
    return [person birthDate];
}]

使用NSComparator进行排序

如果我们想对自定义对象进行排序，我们需要提供NSComparator，它用于比较自定义对象。该块返回一个NSComparisonResult值来表示两个对象的排序。为了对整个数组进行排序，NSComparator的用法如下。

NSArray *sortedArray = [employeesArray sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(Employee *e1, Employee *e2){
    return [e1.firstname compare:e2.firstname];    
}];

使用NSSortDescriptor进行排序 让我们假设，作为一个例子，我们有一个包含自定义类实例的数组，Employee具有属性firstname, lastname和age。下面的例子说明了如何创建一个NSSortDescriptor，该NSSortDescriptor可用于按年龄键升序对数组内容进行排序。

NSSortDescriptor *ageDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"age" ascending:YES];
NSArray *sortDescriptors = @[ageDescriptor];
NSArray *sortedArray = [employeesArray sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];

使用自定义比较进行排序 名称是字符串，当您对字符串进行排序以呈现给用户时，您应该始终使用本地化比较。通常您还希望执行不区分大小写的比较。下面是一个示例，使用(localizedStandardCompare:)按姓氏和名字对数组进行排序。

NSSortDescriptor *lastNameDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc]
              initWithKey:@"lastName" ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedStandardCompare:)];
NSSortDescriptor * firstNameDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc]
              initWithKey:@"firstName" ascending:YES selector:@selector(localizedStandardCompare:)];
NSArray *sortDescriptors = @[lastNameDescriptor, firstNameDescriptor];
NSArray *sortedArray = [employeesArray sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];

如需参考及详细讨论，请参考: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/SortDescriptors/Articles/Creating.html http://www.ios-blog.co.uk/tutorials/objective-c/how-to-sort-nsarray-with-custom-objects/

Swift中的数组排序

对于Swifty Person来说，下面是一个非常干净的技术，可以在全球范围内实现上述目标。让我们有一个User类的例子，它有一些属性。

class User: NSObject {
    var id: String?
    var name: String?
    var email: String?
    var createdDate: Date?
}

现在我们有了一个数组，我们需要在createdDate的基础上升序和/或降序排序。因此，让我们添加一个日期比较函数。

class User: NSObject {
    var id: String?
    var name: String?
    var email: String?
    var createdDate: Date?
    func checkForOrder(_ otherUser: User, _ order: ComparisonResult) -> Bool {
        if let myCreatedDate = self.createdDate, let othersCreatedDate = otherUser.createdDate {
            //This line will compare both date with the order that has been passed.
            return myCreatedDate.compare(othersCreatedDate) == order
        }
        return false
    }
}

现在让我们有一个扩展数组为用户。简单地说，让我们为那些只有User对象的数组添加一些方法。

extension Array where Element: User {
    //This method only takes an order type. i.e ComparisonResult.orderedAscending
    func sortUserByDate(_ order: ComparisonResult) -> [User] {
        let sortedArray = self.sorted { (user1, user2) -> Bool in
            return user1.checkForOrder(user2, order)
        }
        return sortedArray
    }
}

升序使用

let sortedArray = someArray.sortUserByDate(.orderedAscending)

降序使用

let sortedArray = someArray.sortUserByDate(.orderedAscending)

同一订单的使用

let sortedArray = someArray.sortUserByDate(.orderedSame)

只有当数组为类型时，上述扩展方法才可访问 [User] || Array<用户> .使用实例