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Reputation: 3698

NSPredicate 'OR' filtering based on an NSArray of keys

Consider the following NSArray:

NSArray *dataSet = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
                 [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"abc", @"key1", @"def", @"key2", @"hij", @"key3", nil], 
                 [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"klm", @"key1", @"nop", @"key2", nil], 
                 [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"qrs", @"key2", @"tuv", @"key4", nil], 
                 [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"wxy", @"key3", nil], 
                 nil];

I am able to filter this array to find dictionary objects that contain the key key1

// Filter our dataSet to only contain dictionary objects with a key of 'key1'
NSString *key = @"key1";
NSPredicate *key1Predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%@ IN self.@allKeys", key];
NSArray *filteretSet1 = [dataSet filteredArrayUsingPredicate:key1Predicate];
NSLog(@"filteretSet1: %@",filteretSet1);

Which appropriately returns:

filteretSet1: (
        {
        key1 = abc;
        key2 = def;
        key3 = hij;
    },
        {
        key1 = klm;
        key2 = nop;
    }
)

Now, I am wanting to filter the dataSet for dictionary objects containing ANY of the keys in an NSArray.

For example, using the array: NSArray *keySet = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"key1", @"key3", nil]; I want to create a predicate that returns and array of any dictionary objects that contain either 'key1' or 'key3' (ie. in this example all dictionary objects would be returned except for the third object - as it does not contain either 'key1' or 'key3').

Any ideas on how I would achieve this? Would I have to use a compound predicate?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 4756

Answers (3)

Leonardo
Leonardo

Reputation: 9857

Altough the question has been answered, you could also use block for more granularity:

NSArray *filter = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"key1", @"key3",nil];

NSPredicate *filterBlock = [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock: ^BOOL(id obj, NSDictionary *bind){        
    NSDictionary *data = (NSDictionary*)obj;

    // use 'filter' and implement your logic and return YES or NO
}];

[dataSet filteredArrayUsingPredicate:filterBlock];

That could be rearranged as you want, maybe within its own method.

Upvotes: 1

Monolo
Monolo

Reputation: 18253

The ANY operator of NSPredicate covers this:

NSSet *keys = [NSSet setWithObjects:@"key1", @"key3", nil];

NSPredicate *key1Predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"any self.@allKeys in %@", keys];

Upvotes: 9

Paresh Navadiya
Paresh Navadiya

Reputation: 38239

Do this:

   NSString *key = @"key1";
   NSString *key1 = @"key3";
   NSPredicate *key1Predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%@ IN self.@allKeys OR %@ IN self.@allKeys",key,key1];
   NSArray *filteretSet1 = [dataSet filteredArrayUsingPredicate:key1Predicate];
   NSLog(@"filteretSet1: %@",filteretSet1);

Works perfectly for me. Hope Helpful

Upvotes: 1

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