ios - Give section index without any section in table view in objective C for sorting single NSArray? -

means want records nsarray starts 'j' when tapped on 'j' section title in right side.

below give code in code don't want section have 1 plist in store states in india don't want section , when tap on alphabet @ time sorting perform , rows starts tapped alphabet want. give example above , code below

-(nsinteger)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview numberofrowsinsection:(nsinteger)section {     nslog(@"enter in numberofrowsinsection method.");     nslog(@"returning number of rows in plist.==%d ",test.count);     return test.count; }  - (uitableviewcell *)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview           cellforrowatindexpath:(nsindexpath *)indexpath {      nslog(@"enter cellforrowatindexpath method.");      nslog(@"creating cell..");     //create cell      uitableviewcell *cell = [tableview dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier:@"cell"];     //the above line used reuse memory in tableview allocate memory displayed @ time.      if(cell == nil){          cell = [[uitableviewcell alloc]                  initwithstyle:uitableviewcellstyledefault reuseidentifier:@"cell"];         }      nslog(@"filling cell content..");     //fill contents     cell.textlabel.text = [test objectatindex:indexpath.row];       nslog(@"cell content === %@",cell.textlabel.text);      nslog(@"exit cellforrowatindexpath method.");     //return     return cell;   } - (nsarray *)sectionindextitlesfortableview:(uitableview *)tableview {      nsarray *sectitle = [[nsarray alloc]initwithobjects:@"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];      return sectitle; }  - (void)viewdidload {      [super viewdidload];     nslog(@"in viewdidload method");     //load plist file.      nsstring *str = [[nsbundle mainbundle] pathforresource:@"groupedtest" oftype:@"plist"];     nsdictionary *dict = [[nsdictionary alloc] initwithcontentsoffile:str];      nslog(@"dict === %@",dict);      test = [[nsarray alloc]initwitharray:[dict objectforkey:@"statesofindia"]];     //nslog(@"in viewdidload method & array fill plist");     nslog(@"array count(length) starts 1 not 0 = %d",test.count);      nslog(@"exit viewdidload method..");       // additional setup after loading view, typically nib. } 

in test nsarray declared in .h file. , please tell me answer because start learning before 5 days i'm totally new in iphone , objective c. thank much!!

there option in uitableview use case, implement uitableviewdatasource delegate methods -sectionindextitlesfortableview: , -tableview:sectionforsectionindextitle:atindex:

for customising section titles , supporting localisation, uilocalizedindexedcollation need used. can read here

- (nsarray *)sectionindextitlesfortableview:(uitableview *)tableview {     return [[uilocalizedindexedcollation currentcollation] sectionindextitles]; }  - (nsinteger)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview sectionforsectionindextitle:(nsstring *)title                atindex:(nsinteger)index {     return [[uilocalizedindexedcollation currentcollation] sectionforsectionindextitleatindex:index]; } 

you need implement below method handle user touch on section title

- (nsinteger)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview sectionforsectionindextitle:(nsstring *)title atindex:(nsinteger)index {     return [sectitle indexofobject:title]; }