Custom sort objects in an array in swift

Question

Needed to sort Objects (Class/Datatype), Alphabetically.

UnSorted Array::

[main.Apple, main.Zoo, main.IceCream, main.Apple, main.IceCream]

Sorted Array:: Alphabetically Type @ the Front

[main.Apple, main.Apple, main.IceCream, main.IceCream, main.Zoo]

Answer 1

This is one of the solutions that I have found till now:

1. Make use of sortInPlace function and dynamicType to check for class names eg:- String(firstDataType.dynamicType).componentsSeparatedByString(".").last! this retrieves the class name for the Object.

    unsortedArray.sortInPlace({(firstDataType,secondDataType) in return String(firstDataType.dynamicType).componentsSeparatedByString(".").last! .localizedStandardCompare(String(secondDataType.dynamicType).componentsSeparatedByString(".").last!) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedAscending 

   })

   Demo Link