iOS indexpath.row和indexpath.section

Question

So I have a UITableView with a contact list set up. All the contacts are broken up into sections based on their first name and ordered alphabetically. I'm trying to get it so people select who they want to add. In my didSelectRowAtIndexPath method, when I use indexPath.section or indexPath.row I keep getting the wrong results. Below are the results I get for using .row and .section.

Name | Section | Row | Cell index
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Adi  | 0       | 0   | 0
Andy | 0       | 1   | 1
Ben  | 1       | 0   | 2
Jay  | 2       | 0   | 3
Jim  | 2       | 1   | 4
Joe  | 2       | 3   | 5

Is there anyway I can get the actual cell index to use the didSelectRowAtIndexPath method?

Answer 1

This is absolutely correct. The index path contains row indexes range 0...n PER index section (also range 0...n ).

This allows you to create an array structure like

@(@(@"section 0", @"section 0" @"section 0"), @(@"section 1", @"section 1"))

Answer 2

Option 1: Set up your data as an array of arrays. Each element in the top array matches a section and each element in a section array matches a row.

Option 2: Write a method that calculates your cell index for a section and row by adding up all the rows in previous sections and adjusting for the row in the index path.