Remove duplicates from array comparing the properties of its objects

Question

Suppose I have a class Event, and it has 2 properties: action (NSString) and date (NSDate).

And suppose I have an array of Event objects. The problem is that \"date\" pr

Answer 1

NSMutableArray *leftObjects = [duplicateArray mutableCopy];
NSMutableArray *nonDuplicates = [NSMutableArray new];
while (leftObjects.count > 0)
{
    YourClass *object = [leftObjects objectAtIndex:0];

    // find all objects matching your comaprison equality definition for YourClass
    NSArray *matches = [leftObjects filteredArrayUsingPredicate:
                        [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:^BOOL(YourClass *evaluatedObject, NSDictionary *bindings)
                         {
                             return (evaluatedObject.name == object.name);
                         }] ];
    [leftObjects removeObjectsInArray:matches];

    // add first object (arbitrary, may decide which duplicate to pick)
    [nonDuplicates addObject:matches.firstObject];
}