How to get a specific string in NSPredicate

Question

How to get a string "NSMetadataItemFSNameKey == *"in NSPredicate? predicateWithFormatnot working and crashing.

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Unable to parse the format string "NSMetadataItemFSNameKey = *"'

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Ph99ph Jun 08 '11 at 16:02

1 answer

Dave delong · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09T19:05:55+0000

If you have a string @"NSMetadataItemFSNameKey == *"and want to turn it into a predicate, you cannot. This is distorted, so you get an exception.

It should be: @"NSMetadataItemFSNameKey == '*'". These single quotes around an asterisk are incredibly important.