Swift - Combining Predicates

Question

Is there a way of combining predicates in Swift? For example:

let predicate1 = NSPredicate("self.label = 'foo'"))
let predicate2 = NSPredicate("self.label = 'bar'"))
let combinedPredicate = NSPredicate("self.staticTexts.elementMatchingPredicate(%@).exists AND
  self.staticTexts.elementMatchingPredicate(%@).exists", predicate1, predicate2)

That gives me an error saying predicates cannot be arguments to other predicates. Is there another way to combine them?

Answer 1

You'll need NSCompoundPredicate:

let predicate1 = NSPredicate(format: "self.label = 'foo'", argumentArray: [])
let predicate2 = NSPredicate(format: "self.label = 'bar'", argumentArray: [])
let compound = NSCompoundPredicate(andPredicateWithSubpredicates: [predicate1, predicate2])

Answer 2

let predicate1:NSPredicate = NSPredicate("self.label = 'foo'")
let predicate2:NSPredicate = NSPredicate("self.label = 'bar'")
let compound:NSCompoundPredicate = NSCompoundPredicate(andPredicateWithSubpredicates: [predicate1,predicate2])
self.filteredArray = self.array.filteredArrayUsingPredicate(compound)
self.table.reloadData()

You can use this also as per your different requirement

let compound:NSCompoundPredicate = NSCompoundPredicate(orPredicateWithSubpredicates: [predicate1,predicate2])