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NSArray *array = @[ @{ @"id": @"7CDF6D22-8D36-49C2-84FE-E31EECCECB71", @"title": @"Jackie Chan Strike Movie", @"url": @"http://abc.com/playback.m3u8&...

// *** Find movies except given ids *** NSPredicate *filterByNotInIds = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"NOT (self.id IN %@)",@[@"7CDF6D22-8D36-49C2-84FE-E31EECCECB79", @"7CDF6D22-8D36-49C2-84FE-E31EECCECB76"]]; NSLog(@"Filter movies except given Ids : %@"...

// *** Find all the objects which is of type movie, Both the syntax are valid *** NSPredicate *filterByMovieType = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.isMovie = %@",@1]; // OR //NSPredicate *filterByMovieType = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.isMovie = %@",[NSNumbe...

// *** Find Distinct object ids of array *** NSLog(@"Distinct id : %@",[array valueForKeyPath:@"@distinctUnionOfObjects.id"]);

// *** Find movies with specific ids *** NSPredicate *filterByIds = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.id IN %@",@[@"7CDF6D22-8D36-49C2-84FE-E31EECCECB79", @"7CDF6D22-8D36-49C2-84FE-E31EECCECB76"]]; NSLog(@"Filter By Ids : %@",[array filteredArrayUsingP...

// *** Case Insensitive comparison with exact title match *** NSPredicate *filterByNameCIS = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.title LIKE[cd] %@",@"Tom and Jerry"]; NSLog(@"Filter By Name(CIS) : %@",[array filteredArrayUsingPredicate:filterByNameCIS]);

// *** Case sensitive with exact title match *** NSPredicate *filterByNameCS = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.title = %@",@"Tom and Jerry"]; NSLog(@"Filter By Name(CS) : %@",[array filteredArrayUsingPredicate:filterByNameCS]);

// *** Case Insensitive comparison with matching subset *** NSPredicate *filterByName = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"self.title CONTAINS[cd] %@",@"Tom"]; NSLog(@"Filter By Containing Name : %@",[array filteredArrayUsingPredicate:filterByName]);