2D arrays using NSMutableArray

Question

I need to create a mutable two-dimensional array in Objective-C.

For example I have:

NSMutableArray *sections;
NSMutableArray *rows;

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Answer 1

Thanks to Jack for his code , i worked on it a bit; i need a multidimensional nsmutablearray for strings in one of my project , it still has some things that need to be fixed but works strings only at the moment , i will post it here , i am open for suggestions please cause i am only just a beginner in objective c at the moment...

@interface SectionArray : NSObject {

  NSMutableArray *sections;    

}
- initWithSections:(NSUInteger)intSections:(NSUInteger)intRow;
+ sectionArrayWithSections:(NSUInteger)intSections:(NSUInteger)intRows;
- objectInSection:(NSUInteger)intSection:(NSUInteger)intRow;
- (void)setObject:(NSString *)object:(NSUInteger)intSection:(NSUInteger)intRow;
@end

@implementation SectionArray

- initWithSections:(NSUInteger)intSections:(NSUInteger)intRow {
    NSUInteger i;
    NSUInteger j;

    if ((self = [self init])) {
        sections = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:intSections];
        for (i=0; i < intSections; i++) {
            NSMutableArray *a = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:intRow];
            for (j=0; j < intRow; j++) {
                [a insertObject:[NSNull null] atIndex:j];
            }
            [sections addObject:a];
        }
    }
    return self;    
}
- (void)setObject:(NSString *)object:(NSUInteger)intSection:(NSUInteger)intRow {
    [[sections objectAtIndex:intSection] replaceObjectAtIndex:intRow withObject:object];
}
- objectInSection:(NSUInteger)intSection:(NSUInteger)intRow {
    return [[sections objectAtIndex:intSection] objectAtIndex:intRow];
}
+ sectionArrayWithSections:(NSUInteger)intSections:(NSUInteger)intRows {
    return [[self alloc] initWithSections:intSections:intRows] ;
}
@end

This is working fine !!!

i am currently using it like this

SectionArray *secA = [[SectionArray alloc] initWithSections:2:2];
[secA setObject:@"Object":0:0];
[secA setObject:@"ObjectTwo":0:1];
[secA setObject:@"ObjectThree":1:0];
[secA setObject:@"ObjectFour":1:1];

NSString *str = [secA objectInSection:1:1];

NSLog(@" object is = %@" , str);

Thanks again Jack !!

Answer 2

This is what I did in order to initialize array of arrays.

NSMutableArray *arrayOfArrays = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:CONST];

for (int i=0; i<=CONST; i++) {
    [arrayOfArrays addObject:[NSMutableArray array]];
}

Then later in a code I could simply:

[[arrayOfArrays objectAtIndex:0] addObject:myObject];