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NSPredicate multi level filter

I am trying to search on NSMutableArray with two levels drill down with custom objects, I tried using SELF and ANY but no luck.

I have an NSMutableArray say contentArray Content Array

contentArray
    {
     OBJECTA,
     OBJECTA
    }

Which has custom objects (OBJECTA), objectA in turn has a custom object called Customer

OBJECTA:

@interface OBJECTA : NSObject
{
    @property (strong,nonatomic)   Customer * selectedCustomer;

}
@end

CUSTOMER:

@interface Customer : NSObject

   @property(strong,nonatomic) NSString* Customer_Name;

@end

Now how I will be able to search contentArray for Customer_Name using NSPredicate?

Solution

  • Try like this way if you want to match exact name

    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"selectedCustomer.Customer_Name LIKE '%@'", searchName];

    If you want to check name contains than

    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"selectedCustomer.Customer_Name CONTAINS[cd] %@", searchName];