Filtering NSDictionary with predicate

Question

I am using a NSDictionary that itself contains dictionaries some keys and its values.The format is like ,

{

\"1\" = {
        \"key1\" = \"ss\",
          \         


        

Answer 1

This works. You can set your own values here.

NSArray *data = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"ss",@"how", nil] forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"key1",@"key1", nil]],[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"tt",@"vv", nil] forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"key1",@"key2", nil]],[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"vv",@"tt", nil] forKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"key1",@"key2", nil]],nil];    
NSArray *filtered = [data filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(key1 == %@) AND (key2==%@)", @"tt",@"vv"]];
NSLog(@"%@",filtered);

Output:

(
    {
        key1 = tt;
        key2 = vv;
    }
)

For clearer explanation:

NSMutableDictionary *dict4=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[dict4 setObject:@"ss" forKey:@"key1"];
[dict4 setObject:@"how" forKey:@"key2"];
NSMutableDictionary *dict5=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[dict5 setObject:@"tt" forKey:@"key1"];
[dict5 setObject:@"vv" forKey:@"key2"];
NSMutableDictionary *dict6=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[dict6 setObject:@"vv" forKey:@"key1"];
[dict6 setObject:@"tt" forKey:@"key2"];

NSMutableArray  *data = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];  
[data addObject:dict4];
[data addObject:dict5];
[data addObject:dict6];

NSArray *filtered = [data filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(key1 == %@) AND (key2==%@)", @"tt",@"vv"]];
NSLog(@"%@",filtered);

Output:

(
    {
        key1 = tt;
        key2 = vv;
    }
)