Unable to parse the format string error

Question

My code:

NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"File" inManagedObjectContext:[self managedObjectContext]];
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];
    cellText = @"Crysis 3 - 'The Nanosuit' Gameplay Trailer";
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:cellText];
    [fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];

And after build i have error

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Unable to parse the format string "Crysis 3 - 'The Nanosuit' Gameplay Traile"'

How to fix it?

danh danh · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-02T16:34:38

You're passing some DB value text to predicate with format. See NSPredicate reference. It requires a string in a very structured format:

It's going to be something like: @"gameName like Crysis 3"

Unable to parse the format string error

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