How to add multiple items to an array with one line of code?

Question

Is there a way to add multiple menuItems to the itemsOrdered array in one line of code?  I know Gabe mentioned trying to figure out how to do it, but I'm not sure of the syntax.  
Instead of having to do 
[group1 addMenuItem:grilledCheese];
[group1 addMenuItem:grilledCheese];
[group1 addMenuItem:grilledCheese]; every time I want to add something to the table check, is there a way to make that a little more efficient for adding multiple items to the same order?

Martin Wildfeuer · Accepted Answer

There is multiple ways to achieve this, have a look at Apples documentation on NSArray (https://developer.apple.com/reference/foundation/nsarray?language=objc). As you want to change your array items, NSMutableArray (https://developer.apple.com/reference/foundation/nsmutablearray). Moreover, always a good resource is Ray Wenderlich (http://rypress.com/tutorials/objective-c/data-types/nsarray). Adding multiple items to an array can be achieved with: Objective-C - (void)addObjectsFromArray:(NSArray *)otherArray; Example: ```Objective-C // First, we initialize an empty mutable array NSMutableArray *cheeseList = [NSMutableArray array]; // Now we can add multiple items in one guy, provided that // cheddar, edamer and grilled exist [cheeseList addObjectsFromArray: @[cheddar, edamer, grilled]]; ``` Please note: this is untested, please let me know if you encounter any problems :)

Ben Shockley · Answer

One way you might be able to do it, is to create a new array of the items you want to add to the array, and then append the new array to the end of the old array.

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