NSString *firstName = @"Ben";
NSArray *array = @[ @{ @"lastName" : "Turner" },
@{ @"firstName" : @"Ben", @"lastName" : @"Ballard",
@"birthday", [NSDate dateWithString:@"1972-03-24 10:45:32 +0600"] }
];
NSPredicate *predicate =
[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"firstName like %@", firstName];
NSArray *filteredArray = [array filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
NSLog(@"filteredArray: %@", filteredArray);
// Output:
// filteredArray ({birthday = 1972-03-24 10:45:32 +0600; \\
firstName = Ben; lastName = Ballard;})