How to write a BOOL predicate in Core Data?

Question

I have an attribute of type BOOL and I want to perform a search for all managed objects where this attribute is YES.

For string attributes it is straightforward. I create a predicate like this:

NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"userName = %@", userName];

But how do I do this, if I have a bool attribute called selected and I want to make a predicate for this? Could I just do something like this?

NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"selected = %@", yesNumber];

Or do I need other format specifiers and just pass YES?

Answer 1

From Predicate Programming Guide:

You specify and test for equality of Boolean values as illustrated in the following examples:

NSPredicate *newPredicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"anAttribute == %@", [NSNumber numberWithBool:aBool]];
NSPredicate *testForTrue = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"anAttribute == YES"];

You can also check out the Predicate Format String Syntax.

Answer 2

Swift 4.0

let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "boolAttribute == %@", NSNumber(value: true))

Answer 3

Don't convert to NSNumber, nor use double "=="

More appropriate for Swift >= 4:

NSPredicate(format: "boolAttribute = %d", true)

Note: "true" in this example is a Bool (a Struct)

Answer 4

Swift 3

let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "boolAttribute == %@", NSNumber(value: true))

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In Swift 3 you should use NSNumber(value: true).

Using NSNumber(booleanLiteral: true) and in general any literal initialiser directly is discouraged and for example SwiftLint (v. 0.16.1) will generate warning for usage ExpressibleBy...Literal initialiser directly:

Compiler Protocol Init Violation: The initializers declared in compiler protocols such as ExpressibleByArrayLiteral shouldn't be called directly. (compiler_protocol_init)

Answer 5

Swift 4

request.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "boolAttribute == %@", NSNumber(value: true))

Swift 3

request.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "field = %@", value as CVarArg)

Answer 6

Swift 3.0 has made a slight change to this:

let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "boolAttribute == %@", NSNumber(booleanLiteral: true))

Answer 7

if you do not want to hard-code the attribute name inside the format you can use #keyPath with something like,

let samplePredicate = NSPredicate(format: "%K != %d", #keyPath(Foo.attr), true)