Combining + andPredicateWithSubpredicates: and + orPredicateWithSubpredicates: in one predicate

Question

I want to set a compound predicate with next subpredicates:

• id (AND type)
• firstname (OR type)
• lastname (OR type)
• middlename (OR type)

I am reading NSCompoundPredicate documentation but don't understand clear enough - is it possible at all to use both + andPredicateWithSubpredicates: and + orPredicateWithSubpredicates: to combine them as one predicate in one fetch request?

Answer 1

Solved this way:

objc:

NSPredicate *orPredicate = [NSCompoundPredicate orPredicateWithSubpredicates:@[firstPredicate, secondPredicate]];
NSPredicate *andPredicate = [NSCompoundPredicate andPredicateWithSubpredicates:@[thirdPredicate, fourthPredicate]];
NSPredicate *finalPredicate = [NSCompoundPredicate andPredicateWithSubpredicates:@[orPredicate, andPredicate]];
[fetchRequest setPredicate:finalPredicate];

Swift:

let orPredicate = NSCompoundPredicate(orPredicateWithSubpredicates: [firstPredicate, secondPredicate])
let andPredicate = NSCompoundPredicate(andPredicateWithSubpredicates: [thirdPredicate, fourthPredicate])
fetchRequest.predicate = NSCompoundPredicate(andPredicateWithSubpredicates: [orPredicate, andPredicate])