NSMutableArray check if object already exists

Question

I am not sure how to go about this. I have an NSMutableArray (addList) which holds all the items to be added to my datasource NSMutableArray.

I now

Answer 1

Use NSPredicate.

NSArray *list = [[appDelegate.list copy] autorelease];

for (Item *item in addList) {

    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"iName MATCHES %@", item.iName];
    NSArray *filteredArray = [list filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
    if ([filteredArray count] > 0) [appDelegate insertItem:item];
}