How to get first string of NSArray - ios

Question

Pretty straightforward question:
I have an array like so:
#[#"John Doe", #"Mister Appleseed", #"Steve"];
if it has two (or more) words, I want to delete them all but the first, so the output array should looke something like this:
#[#"John", #"Mister", #"Steve"];
How do I do this?

Answer 1

NSArray * arr = #[#"John Doe", #"Mister Appleseed", #"Steve"];
NSMutableArray * tmp = [NSMutableArray array];
for (NSString * s in arr)
{
NSArray * cmpnts = [s componentsSeparatedByString:#" "];
[tmp addObject:cmpnts[0]];
}
arr = tmp;

Answer 2

Check the following code:
NSMutableArray *finalArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSArray *sourceArray = #[#"John Doe", #"Mister Appleseed", #"Steve"];
for(NSString *str in sourceArray){
[finalArray addObject:[str componentsSepratedByString:#" "] objectAtIndex:0]];
}

Answer 3

You iterate over the array of names, split each at spaces (" "), and then grab the first object: the first name.
NSArray *nameArray = #[#"Name", #"Name Two"]; // original array
NSMutable *modifiedNameArray = [NSMutableArray new]; // new mutable array to add new names
for (NSString *fullName in nameArray) { // for loop
NSString *firstName = [[fullName componentsSeparatedByString:#" "] objectAtIndex:0]; // extract first name
[modifiedNameArray addObject:firstName]; // add first name to mutable array
}
You have to have two arrays, because you cannot mutate an array while it is being used in a loop (even if it's an NSMutableArray).