How to add rows to specific section in tableview with dictionary? - ios

Question

I have a dictionary and importing information from my database. I need to put it specifically in the right section in my table view. All the information is provided, if you need more detail or code I will provide it.
Dictionary output ["March 27": ["do the dishes", "take out the trash"], "March 29": ["Walk the dog", "Water the plants"], "March 28": ["Clean the house"]]
var date = ["March 27", "March 28", "March 29"]
func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return date.count
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
return date[section]
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell") as! Chores
//Having trouble on what to do here
return cell
}

Answer 1

That's how you can do, I think this is self explanatory:
var output = ["March 27": ["do the dishes", "take out the trash"], "March 29": ["Walk the dog", "Water the plants"], "March 28": ["Clean the house"]]
var date = Array(output.keys)
func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return date.count
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
return date[section]
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return output[date[section]]?.count ?? 0
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = table.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell") as! Chores
var value = output[date[indexPath.section]]?[indexPath.row] ?? ""
cell.textLabel.text = value
return cell
}
// Edited in number of rows you have:
output[date[section]]?.count
it's exactly like this, this mostly gives you optionals but I will ignore it in this example:
let keyForSection = date[section]
let arrayOfStringsForKey = output[keyForSection]
let numberOfRows = arrayOfStringsForKey.count
you do similar stuff to get the actual value but instead of count you pass index of the row you want the value from
let value = arrayOfStringsForKey[rowNumber]