title: How to sort NSArray with dictionary objects alphabetically?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>I have unsorted dictionary array and I want to sort it according to artist names.Unsorted list are given below:</strong></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>            {
                  artist = "Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra";
                  id = 10;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Avey, Bobby";
                  id = 17;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "American Symphony Orchestra";
                  id = 32;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Akpan, Uwem";
                  id = 97;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Austin, Ivy ";
                  id = 123;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "American Theatre Orchestra";
                  id = 153;
              },
                      {
                  artist = AudraRox;
                  id = 171;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Atlas, James";
                  id = 224;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Alden, Howard";
                  id = 270;
              },
                      {
                  artist = Astrograss;
                  id = 307;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Adan, Victor";
                  id = 315;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Alegria, Gabriel";
                  id = 316;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Andersen, Kurt";
                  id = 412;
              },
                      {
                  artist = Antares;
                  id = 420;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Austen, Jane ";
                  id = 426;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Acuna, Claudia";
                  id = 443;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Akinmusire, Ambrose";
                  id = 444;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Anderson, Laurie Halse";
                  id = 559;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Alvarez, Javier";
                  id = 591;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Alexander, Jane";
                  id = 674;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Andy Teirstein";
                  id = 695;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Afro-Cuban Jazz Saxtet";
                  id = 707;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Aurora ";
                  id = 708;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Aurora ";
                  id = 709;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "August, Gregg ";
                  id = 715;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Aldous, Brian";
                  id = 777;
              },
                      {
                  artist = "Anne Enright";
                  id = 1130;
              }
  </code></pre>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>And after sorting using descriptor</strong></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>NSSortDescriptor *sortByName = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"artist" ascending:YES];
   NSArray *sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:sortByName];
   sortedArray = [artistArray sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
  </code></pre>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>it gives sorted array as</strong></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>        {
              artist = "Acuna, Claudia";
              id = 443;
          },
              {
              artist = "Adan, Victor";
              id = 315;
          },
              {
              artist = "Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra";
              id = 10;
          },
              {
              artist = "Afro-Cuban Jazz Saxtet";
              id = 707;
          },
              {
              artist = "Akinmusire, Ambrose";
              id = 444;
          },
              {
              artist = "Akpan, Uwem";
              id = 97;
          },
              {
              artist = "Alden, Howard";
              id = 270;
          },
              {
              artist = "Aldous, Brian";
              id = 777;
          },
              {
              artist = "Alegria, Gabriel";
              id = 316;
          },
              {
              artist = "Alexander, Jane";
              id = 674;
          },
              {
              artist = "Alvarez, Javier";
              id = 591;
          },
              {
              artist = "American Symphony Orchestra";
              id = 32;
          },
              {
              artist = "American Theatre Orchestra";
              id = 153;
          },
              {
              artist = "Andersen, Kurt";
              id = 412;
          },
              {
              artist = "Anderson, Laurie Halse";
              id = 559;
          },
              {
              artist = "Andy Teirstein";
              id = 695;
          },
              {
              artist = "Anne Enright";
              id = 1130;
          },
              {
              artist = Antares;
              id = 420;
          },
              {
              artist = Astrograss;
              id = 307;
          },
              {
              artist = "Atlas, James";
              id = 224;
          },
              {
              artist = AudraRox;
              id = 171;
          },
              {
              artist = "August, Gregg ";
              id = 715;
          },
              {
              artist = "Aurora ";
              id = 708;
          },
              {
              artist = "Aurora ";
              id = 709;
          },
              {
              artist = "Austen, Jane ";
              id = 426;
          },
              {
              artist = "Austin, Ivy ";
              id = 123;
          },
              {
              artist = "Avey, Bobby";
              id = 17;
          }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>But still it is not sorted completely . Any idea how can I sort it alphabetically using artist name.Help me please!</strong></p>