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POUsing a variable for Element name in Core Data Predicate
 

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    <p>I am trying to write a method which tries to retrieve an object based on a predicate using a variable (as part of a NSXMLParser). The code looks like this:</p> <p>I have these variables defined in the class:</p> <pre><code>@property (strong, nonatomic) NSManagedObjectContext *managedObjectContext; @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *model; @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *element; </code></pre> <p>Now in the method, I set up the request like this:</p> <pre><code>NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:self.model inManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext]; [request setEntity:entity]; </code></pre> <p>Now the challenge - what I <strong>want</strong> to be able to do is:</p> <pre><code>// DOES NOT WORK [request setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%@ == %@", self.element,string]]; </code></pre> <p>But that does not return any results. After some mucking around, I notice that this <strong>does</strong> work:</p> <pre><code> if ( [self.element isEqualToString:@"name"] ) { [request setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"name == %@", string]]; } </code></pre> <p>This tells me that my <code>self.element</code> is set correctly (I think?) but that the predicate doesn't like the left hand side of the expression being a variable.</p> <p>I also tried:</p> <pre><code>[request setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%s == %@", [self.element UTF8String],string]]; </code></pre> <p>... just to see if perhaps it preferred a string. I couldn't make that work either.</p> <p>Is what I am attempting even possible? I've read as much as I can of the Core Data documentation and I can't find any sample code which does it this way, but I also didn't find anything to say it wasn't possible.</p> <p>EDIT: and now the working code:</p> <pre><code>[request setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%K == %@", self.element,string]]; </code></pre>
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