Question

I have an NSArray of objects, which have a property id.

I then have another NSArray with a selection of ids.

I need to get all the objects in the first array which have the ids listed in the second array.

Is it possible to do this without for loops (well 1 for loop is ok, but I’d like to avoid it). I know how to do this with 2 for loops, but this seems very inefficient. So basically I’m looking for the most efficient way.

(The Id is an NSURL btw, so it can’t be anything integer specific)

Answer 1

No loops!

NSArray *arrayOfIdentifiers = ...;
NSArray *arrayOfObjects = ...;
NSPredicate *filter = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"id IN %@", arrayOfIdentifier];
NSArray *filteredObjects = [arrayOfObjects filteredArrayUsingPredicate:filter];

Well, no loops that you write. There are probably loops inside filteredArrayUsingPredicate:.