Swift Collection Type Array

• Collection Types in Swift
• Swift has 3 primary collection types , known as arrays, sets and dictionaries
  • arrays – ordered collections of values
  • sets – unordered collection of values
  • dictionaries – unordered collections of key-value pairs

In this post we will see how Swift Array works

Swift Array

    func arrayTest1(){
        var intArray = [Int]()    //This line creates an empty array
        print(intArray)           //[]
        
        intArray.append(10)
        print(intArray)           //[10]
        
        intArray.append(20)
        print(intArray)           //[10, 20]
        
        intArray = []
        print(intArray)           //[] - At this moment the intArray is again empty
    }

Swift – Creating a float array with the same repeated value

    
    func arrayTest2(){
        let floatArray = [Float] (count: 3, repeatedValue: 12.32)
        print(floatArray) //[12.32, 12.32, 12.32]
    }

Swift Adding Two Arrays to create a third array

    
    func arrayTest3(){
        let array1 = [10,20]
        let array2 = [30,40]

        //Adding two arrays to create a new array
        let array3 = array1 + array2
        
        print(array3)     //[10, 20, 30, 40]
    }

Creating an array using an Array literal

    
        func arrayTest4(){
        
        let nameArray:[String] = ["John  Doe","Jane Doe","Mary Jane"]
        let ageArray:[Int] = [22,23,21]
        
        print(nameArray)  //[John  Doe, Jane Doe, Mary Jane]
        print(ageArray)   //[22, 23, 21]
        
        
        //If we are initializing an array with the array literal then we do not have to write the type so for the above example can be re-written as 
        let nameArray1 = ["John  Doe","Jane Doe","Mary Jane"] //Note we have not used the array type
        print(nameArray1)  //[John  Doe, Jane Doe, Mary Jane]
        //In the above since all the objects are of the same type, Swift can infer that the type of the array is [String]
        
        
    }

Accessing and Modifying an Array

    func arrayTest5(){
        var monthArray = ["Jan","Feb"]
        print("monthArray Count is \(monthArray.count)") //monthArray Count is 2
        
        if (monthArray.isEmpty){
            print("Month Array is empty")
        }
        else{
            print("Month Array is not empty")
        }
        //Month Array is not empty
        
        monthArray.append("Mar")
        print(monthArray) //[Jan, Feb, Mar]
        
        monthArray += ["Apr","May"]
        print(monthArray) //[Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May]
        
        let firstMonth = monthArray[0] //First item of an array is present at index as Swift Arrays are zero indexed
        print("first month is \(firstMonth)") //first month is Jan
        
        //Change the value of the first object of the array
        monthArray[0] = "January"
        print(monthArray) //[January, Feb, Mar, Apr, May]
        print("first month is \(monthArray[0])") //first month is January
        
        //Please note in the example given below the replacement set has a different length than the range we are trying to replace
        monthArray[1...4] = ["February","March","April","May","June","July"]
        print(monthArray) //[January, February, March, April, May, June, July]
        
        //Removing an item at an index
        monthArray.removeAtIndex(0)
        print(monthArray) //[February, March, April, May, June, July]

        
        //Inserting an item at an index
        monthArray.insert("January", atIndex: 0)
        print(monthArray) //[January, February, March, April, May, June, July]
        
        //Removing the last object of an array
        monthArray.removeLast()
        print(monthArray) //[January, February, March, April, May, June]   //Note July got removed
        
        //Iterating over an array
        for month in monthArray{
            print(month)
        }
        /*
            January
            February
            March
            April
            May
            June
        */
        
        //Getting the index of each element of an array while iterating over it
        for (index, value) in monthArray.enumerate(){
            print("index is \(index) and month is \(value)")
        }
        /*
            index is 0 and month is January
            index is 1 and month is February
            index is 2 and month is March
            index is 3 and month is April
            index is 4 and month is May
            index is 5 and month is June
        */
    }