I hope that no one tells me to RTFM because I have been struggling with this for some time here and on Apple Developer and doing lots of searching.
I am getting an EXC-BAD-ACCESS error on this statement:
var thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "(sectionNumber == %@"), thisSection)
thisSection has an Int value of 1 and displays the value 1 when I hover over it. But in the debug area I see this:
thisPredicate = (_ContiguousArrayStorage ...)
Another predicate using a String shows as ObjectiveC.NSObject
Why is this happening?
You might try String Interpolation Swift Standard Library Reference. That would look something like this:
let thisSection = 1
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "sectionNumber == \(thisSection)")
You will need to change %@
for %i
and remove the extra parenthesis:
Main problem here is that you are putting an Int
where it's expecting an String
.
Here's an example based on this post:
class Person: NSObject {
let firstName: String
let lastName: String
let age: Int
init(firstName: String, lastName: String, age: Int) {
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
self.age = age
}
override var description: String {
return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
}
}
let alice = Person(firstName: "Alice", lastName: "Smith", age: 24)
let bob = Person(firstName: "Bob", lastName: "Jones", age: 27)
let charlie = Person(firstName: "Charlie", lastName: "Smith", age: 33)
let quentin = Person(firstName: "Quentin", lastName: "Alberts", age: 31)
let people = [alice, bob, charlie, quentin]
let thisSection = 33
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "age == %i", thisSection)
let _people = (people as NSArray).filteredArrayUsingPredicate(thisPredicate)
_people
Another workaround would be to make thisSection
's value an String
, this can be achieved by String Interpolation or via description
property of the Int
.. lets say:
Changing:
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "age == %i", thisSection)
for
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "age == %@", thisSection.description)
or
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "age == %@", "\(thisSection)")
of course, you can always bypass this step and go for something more hardcoded (but also correct) as:
let thisPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "sectionNumber == \(thisSection)")
But take into account that for some weird reason
String Interpolation (this kind of structure: "\(thisSection)"
) where leading to retain cycles as stated here