NSArray *locations = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Apple", @"Orange", @"box", @"candan", @"kenrl", nil];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(SELF contains[cd] %@)", @"A"];
NSArray *results = [locations filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
NSLog(@"results:%@", results);

SetApp;
NSManagedObjectContext *context = [app managedObjectContext];
NSFetchRequest *request = [[[NSFetchRequest alloc] init] autorelease];  
[request setEntity:[NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"CoreFilterList" inManagedObjectContext:context]];  
[request setPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"listName like %@", name]]; 

NSError *err = nil;
NSArray *ret = [context executeFetchRequest:request error:&err];

if(err != nil) {
    NSLog(@"DB error: %@", [err description]);
}

return ret;