Fast way to search the properties of objects in an NSArray

Question

I have an NSArray of custom objects that all have a @property name of type NSString. How can I quickly enumerate through the array and cre

Answer 1

Please have a look at NSPredicates ! They are highly efficient when you are searching / filtering through array results. This is the documentation!

Answer 2

NSString *searchString = @"dog";
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF.name contains %@", searchString];
NSArray *filteredArray = [testArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];