How do I get the first X elements of an unknown size NSArray?

Question

In objectiveC I have an NSArray, let\'s call it NSArray* largeArray, and I want to get a new NSArray* smallArray with just the first x objects

Answer 1

You could do this...

NSArray *smallArray = [largeArray subarrayWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, MIN(x, largeArray.count))];

That will take the first x elements or the full array if it's smaller than x.

If largeArray.count is 100.

If x = 110 then it will take the first 100 results. If x = 90 then it will take the first 90 results.

Yep, that works :D