Hy all, i have developed an application that searches a table view connected to a sqlite database. A search Bar is added onto of the application and the search is working fine, but when i type, i need only the items STARTING by the letter typed appear. This is my code till now :
-(void)searchBar:(UISearchBar*)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString*)text
{
if(text.length == 0)
{
isFiltered = FALSE;
}
else
{
isFiltered = true;
filteredTableData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (Author* author in theauthors)
{ //[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELECT * from books where title LIKE %@", searchBar.text];
NSRange nameRange = [author.name rangeOfString:text options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
NSRange descriptionRange = [author.genre rangeOfString:text options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch];
if(nameRange.location != NSNotFound || descriptionRange.location != NSNotFound)
{
[filteredTableData addObject:author];
}
}
}
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
It was actually pretty simple. I just had to change the options file from options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch to option:NSAnchoredSearch It worked like a charm