Possible to limit results returned by NSArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate

I'm using [NSArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate] to get an array of objects that match certain conditions within an original array of 20,000 objects. Is it possible to limit th开发者_JS百科e number of results that this method returns in order to speed it up?

This would be similar to the LIMIT clause in SQL. Thanks.

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No, with predicates not. But you could make an extension to NSArray which filters and limits the result for you.

- (NSArray*)filteredArrayUsingPredicate:(NSPredicate*)predicate 
                            resultLimit:(NSUInteger)limit;