How to display array from Parse in a tableView - arrays

Question

In Parse, I have a class called Queries. In this class I have a column that is of array type called favorites I would like to display that array in a UITableView The trouble is that the query downloads the favorites array column as one array, instead of multiple.
For example:
Row 1 has ["Bananas"] in favorites column
Row 2 has ["Apples", "Oranges"] in favorites column.
Row 3 has ["Tomatoes"] in favorites column
I would like the tableView to show:
Bananas
Apples, Oranges
Tomatoes
But now its showing:
Bananas
Apples
Oranges
var favorites : [String] = []
let query = PFQuery(className: "Queries")
query.findObjectsInBackground { (object, error) in
if object != nil && error == nil {
if let returnedObjects = object {
for objects in returnedObjects {
let getFavorites = objects["favorites"] as! [String]
self.favorites.append(contentsOf: getFavorites)
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
}
}
The tableView is populated like this: cell.favoritesLabel.text = favorites[indexPath.row]

Answer 1

Your favourites variable is a single dimension array, so you should either join values from a single row, or make it a two dimensional array and handle it appropriately.
To join values replace your append line with this one:
self.favorites.append(getFavorites.joined(separator: ", "))

Answer 2

First of all change your favorites array to this
var favorites: [[String]] = []
And change this self.favorites.append(contentsOf: getFavorites)
To this self.favorites.append(getFavorites)
The mistake is that you are appending string to an array of strings ignoring that they came in an array in the first place,
now after that you can reduce your items to one string to set it in the cell
like this
cell.favoritesLabel.text = (favorites[indexPath.row])[1..<array.count].reduce(array[0]) { $0 + ", " + $1 }

Answer 3

Although not strictly relevant to your question, I thought I would mention that the Parse iOS SDK does provide a set of prebuilt UI elements one of which is PFQueryTableViewController.
If you haven't already, it may be worth taking a look at the PFQueryTableViewController section in the docs to see if that would simplify your implementation in this case.