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Creates an integer from the given floating-point value, rounding toward zero.

Any fractional part of the value passed as source is removed, rounding the value toward zero.

let x = Int(21.5)
// x == 21
let y = Int(-21.5)
// y == -21

If source is outside the bounds of this type after rounding toward zero, a runtime error may occur.

let z = UInt(-21.5)
// Error: ...the result would be less than UInt.min

source: A floating-point value to convert to an integer. source must be representable in this type after rounding toward zero.

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BinaryInteger

Creates a new instance with the representable value that's closest to the given integer.

If the value passed as source is greater than the maximum representable value in this type, the result is the type's max value. If source is less than the smallest representable value in this type, the result is the type's min value.

In this example, x is initialized as an Int8 instance by clamping 500 to the range -128...127, and y is initialized as a UInt instance by clamping -500 to the range 0...UInt.max.

let x = Int8(clamping: 500)
// x == 127
// x == Int8.max
 
let y = UInt(clamping: -500)
// y == 0

source: An integer to convert to this type.

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BinaryInteger

Creates a new instance from the bit pattern of the given instance by sign-extending or truncating to fit this type.

When the bit width of T (the type of source) is equal to or greater than this type's bit width, the result is the truncated least-significant bits of source. For example, when converting a 16-bit value to an 8-bit type, only the lower 8 bits of source are used.

let p: Int16 = -500
// 'p' has a binary representation of 11111110_00001100
let q = Int8(truncatingIfNeeded: p)
// q == 12
// 'q' has a binary representation of 00001100

When the bit width of T is less than this type's bit width, the result is sign-extended to fill the remaining bits. That is, if source is negative, the result is padded with ones; otherwise, the result is padded with zeros.

let u: Int8 = 21
// 'u' has a binary representation of 00010101
let v = Int16(truncatingIfNeeded: u)
// v == 21
// 'v' has a binary representation of 00000000_00010101
 
let w: Int8 = -21
// 'w' has a binary representation of 11101011
let x = Int16(truncatingIfNeeded: w)
// x == -21
// 'x' has a binary representation of 11111111_11101011
let y = UInt16(truncatingIfNeeded: w)
// y == 65515
// 'y' has a binary representation of 11111111_11101011

source: An integer to convert to this type.

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BinaryInteger

Creates an integer from the given floating-point value, if it can be represented exactly.

If the value passed as source is not representable exactly, the result is nil. In the following example, the constant x is successfully created from a value of 21.0, while the attempt to initialize the constant y from 21.5 fails:

let x = Int(exactly: 21.0)
// x == Optional(21)
let y = Int(exactly: 21.5)
// y == nil

source: A floating-point value to convert to an integer.

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BinaryInteger , Numeric

Creates an instance initialized to the specified integer value.

Do not call this initializer directly. Instead, initialize a variable or constant using an integer literal. For example:

let x = 23

In this example, the assignment to the x constant calls this integer literal initializer behind the scenes.

value: The value to create.

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ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral

A Boolean value indicating whether this type is a signed integer type.

Signed integer types can represent both positive and negative values. Unsigned integer types can represent only nonnegative values.

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BinaryInteger

The number of bits in the current binary representation of this value.

This property is a constant for instances of fixed-width integer types.

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BinaryInteger

The number of trailing zeros in this value's binary representation.

For example, in a fixed-width integer type with a bitWidth value of 8, the number -8 has three trailing zeros.

let x = Int8(bitPattern: 0b1111_1000)
// x == -8
// x.trailingZeroBitCount == 3

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BinaryInteger

A collection containing the words of this value's binary representation, in order from the least significant to most significant.

Negative values are returned in two's complement representation, regardless of the type's underlying implementation.

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BinaryInteger

A textual representation of this instance.

Calling this property directly is discouraged. Instead, convert an instance of any type to a string by using the String(describing:) initializer. This initializer works with any type, and uses the custom description property for types that conform to CustomStringConvertible:

struct Point: CustomStringConvertible {
    let x: Int, y: Int
 
    var description: String {
        return "(\(x), \(y))"
    }
}
 
let p = Point(x: 21, y: 30)
let s = String(describing: p)
print(s)
// Prints "(21, 30)"

The conversion of p to a string in the assignment to s uses the Point type's description property.

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CustomStringConvertible

The hash value.

Hash values are not guaranteed to be equal across different executions of your program. Do not save hash values to use during a future execution.

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Hashable

The magnitude of this value.

For any numeric value x, x.magnitude is the absolute value of x. You can use the magnitude property in operations that are simpler to implement in terms of unsigned values, such as printing the value of an integer, which is just printing a '-' character in front of an absolute value.

let x = -200
// x.magnitude == 200

The global abs(_:) function provides more familiar syntax when you need to find an absolute value. In addition, because abs(_:) always returns a value of the same type, even in a generic context, using the function instead of the magnitude property is encouraged.

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Numeric

Returns the remainder of dividing the first value by the second.

The result of the modulo operator (%) has the same sign as lhs and is less than rhs.magnitude.

let x = 22 % 5
// x == 2
let y = 22 % -5
// y == 2
let z = -22 % -5
// z == -2

For any two integers a and b, their quotient q, and their remainder r, a == b * q + r.

Parameters: lhs: The value to divide. rhs: The value to divide lhs by. rhs must not be zero.

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BinaryInteger

Divides the first value by the second and stores the remainder in the left-hand-side variable.

The result has the same sign as lhs and is less than rhs.magnitude.

var x = 22
x %= 5
// x == 2
 
var y = 22
y %= -5
// y == 2
 
var z = -22
z %= -5
// z == -2

Parameters: lhs: The value to divide. rhs: The value to divide lhs by. rhs must not be zero.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise AND operation on the two given values.

A bitwise AND operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x & y             // 0b00000100
// z == 4

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Stores the result of performing a bitwise AND operation on the two given values in the left-hand-side variable.

A bitwise AND operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

var x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
x &= y                    // 0b00000100

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Multiplies two values and produces their product.

The multiplication operator (*) calculates the product of its two arguments. For example:

2 * 3                   // 6
100 * 21                // 2100
-10 * 15                // -150
3.5 * 2.25              // 7.875

You cannot use * with arguments of different types. To multiply values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: Int8 = 21
let y: Int = 1000000
Int(x) * y              // 21000000

Parameters: lhs: The first value to multiply. rhs: The second value to multiply.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Multiplies two values and stores the result in the left-hand-side variable.

Parameters: lhs: The first value to multiply. rhs: The second value to multiply.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Adds two values and produces their sum.

The addition operator (+) calculates the sum of its two arguments. For example:

1 + 2                   // 3
-10 + 15                // 5
-15 + -5                // -20
21.5 + 3.25             // 24.75

You cannot use + with arguments of different types. To add values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: Int8 = 21
let y: Int = 1000000
Int(x) + y              // 1000021

Parameters: lhs: The first value to add. rhs: The second value to add.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Adds two values and stores the result in the left-hand-side variable.

Parameters: lhs: The first value to add. rhs: The second value to add.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Returns the quotient of dividing the first value by the second.

For integer types, any remainder of the division is discarded.

let x = 21 / 5
// x == 4

Parameters: lhs: The value to divide. rhs: The value to divide lhs by. rhs must not be zero.

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BinaryInteger

Divides the first value by the second and stores the quotient in the left-hand-side variable.

For integer types, any remainder of the division is discarded.

var x = 21
x /= 5
// x == 4

Parameters: lhs: The value to divide. rhs: The value to divide lhs by. rhs must not be zero.

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BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than that of the second argument.

This function is the only requirement of the Comparable protocol. The remainder of the relational operator functions are implemented by the standard library for any type that conforms to Comparable.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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Comparable

Returns the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the left.

The << operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a right shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift, resulting in zero.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a left shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted left by two bits.

let x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
let y = x << 2
// y == 120                       // 0b01111000

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

let z = x << 11
// z == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a right shift with abs(rhs).

let a = x << -3
// a == 3                         // 0b00000011
let b = x >> 3
// b == 3                         // 0b00000011

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the left.

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BinaryInteger

Stores the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the left in the left-hand-side variable.

The << operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a right shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift, resulting in zero.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a left shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted left by two bits.

var x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
x <<= 2
// x == 120                       // 0b01111000

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

var y: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
y <<= 11
// y == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a right shift with abs(rhs).

var a: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
a <<= -3
// a == 3                         // 0b00000011
 
var b: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
b >>= 3
// b == 3                         // 0b00000011

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the left.

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BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than or equal to that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether two values are equal.

Equality is the inverse of inequality. For any values a and b, a == b implies that a != b is false.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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Equatable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than or equal to that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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Comparable

Returns the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the right.

The >> operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a left shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift. An overshift results in -1 for a negative value of lhs or 0 for a nonnegative value.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a right shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted right by two bits.

let x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
let y = x >> 2
// y == 7                         // 0b00000111

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

let z = x >> 11
// z == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a left shift using abs(rhs).

let a = x >> -3
// a == 240                       // 0b11110000
let b = x << 3
// b == 240                       // 0b11110000

Right shift operations on negative values "fill in" the high bits with ones instead of zeros.

let q: Int8 = -30                 // 0b11100010
let r = q >> 2
// r == -8                        // 0b11111000
 
let s = q >> 11
// s == -1                        // 0b11111111

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the right.

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BinaryInteger

Stores the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the right in the left-hand-side variable.

The >>= operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a left shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift. An overshift results in -1 for a negative value of lhs or 0 for a nonnegative value.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a right shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted right by two bits.

var x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
x >>= 2
// x == 7                         // 0b00000111

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

var y: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
y >>= 11
// y == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a left shift using abs(rhs).

var a: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
a >>= -3
// a == 240                       // 0b11110000
 
var b: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
b <<= 3
// b == 240                       // 0b11110000

Right shift operations on negative values "fill in" the high bits with ones instead of zeros.

var q: Int8 = -30                 // 0b11100010
q >>= 2
// q == -8                        // 0b11111000
 
var r: Int8 = -30                 // 0b11100010
r >>= 11
// r == -1                        // 0b11111111

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the right.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise XOR operation on the two given values.

A bitwise XOR operation, also known as an exclusive OR operation, results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or the other but not both of its arguments had that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x ^ y             // 0b00001011
// z == 11

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Stores the result of performing a bitwise XOR operation on the two given values in the left-hand-side variable.

A bitwise XOR operation, also known as an exclusive OR operation, results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or the other but not both of its arguments had that bit set to 1. For example:

var x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
x ^= y                    // 0b00001011

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise OR operation on the two given values.

A bitwise OR operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x | y             // 0b00001111
// z == 15

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Stores the result of performing a bitwise OR operation on the two given values in the left-hand-side variable.

A bitwise OR operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

var x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
x |= y                    // 0b00001111

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the inverse of the bits set in the argument.

The bitwise NOT operator (~) is a prefix operator that returns a value in which all the bits of its argument are flipped: Bits that are 1 in the argument are 0 in the result, and bits that are 0 in the argument are 1 in the result. This is equivalent to the inverse of a set. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5        // 0b00000101
let notX = ~x           // 0b11111010

Performing a bitwise NOT operation on 0 returns a value with every bit set to 1.

let allOnes = ~UInt8.min   // 0b11111111

Complexity: O(1).

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BinaryInteger

Subtracts one value from another and produces their difference.

The subtraction operator (-) calculates the difference of its two arguments. For example:

8 - 3                   // 5
-10 - 5                 // -15
100 - -5                // 105
10.5 - 100.0            // -89.5

You cannot use - with arguments of different types. To subtract values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: UInt8 = 21
let y: UInt = 1000000
y - UInt(x)             // 999979

Parameters: lhs: A numeric value. rhs: The value to subtract from lhs.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Subtracts the second value from the first and stores the difference in the left-hand-side variable.

Parameters: lhs: A numeric value. rhs: The value to subtract from lhs.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Returns a value that is offset the specified distance from this value.

Use the advanced(by:) method in generic code to offset a value by a specified distance. If you're working directly with numeric values, use the addition operator (+) instead of this method.

func addOne<T: Strideable>(to x: T) -> T
    where T.Stride : ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral
{
    return x.advanced(by: 1)
}
 
let x = addOne(to: 5)
// x == 6
let y = addOne(to: 3.5)
// y = 4.5

If this type's Stride type conforms to BinaryInteger, then for a value x, a distance n, and a value y = x.advanced(by: n), x.distance(to: y) == n. Using this method with types that have a noninteger Stride may result in an approximation.

n: The distance to advance this value. Returns: A value that is offset from this value by n.

Complexity: O(1)

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Strideable

Returns the distance from this value to the given value, expressed as a stride.

If this type's Stride type conforms to BinaryInteger, then for two values x and y, and a distance n = x.distance(to: y), x.advanced(by: n) == y. Using this method with types that have a noninteger Stride may result in an approximation.

other: The value to calculate the distance to. Returns: The distance from this value to other.

Complexity: O(1)

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Strideable

Hashes the essential components of this value by feeding them into the given hasher.

Implement this method to conform to the Hashable protocol. The components used for hashing must be the same as the components compared in your type's == operator implementation. Call hasher.combine(_:) with each of these components.

Important: Never call finalize() on hasher. Doing so may become a compile-time error in the future.

hasher: The hasher to use when combining the components of this instance.

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Hashable

Returns the quotient and remainder of this value divided by the given value.

Use this method to calculate the quotient and remainder of a division at the same time.

let x = 1_000_000
let (q, r) = x.quotientAndRemainder(dividingBy: 933)
// q == 1071
// r == 757

rhs: The value to divide this value by. Returns: A tuple containing the quotient and remainder of this value divided by rhs.

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BinaryInteger

Returns -1 if this value is negative and 1 if it's positive; otherwise, 0.

Returns: The sign of this number, expressed as an integer of the same type.

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BinaryInteger

Creates a new value equal to zero.

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BinaryInteger

Creates an instance initialized to the specified integer value.

Do not call this initializer directly. Instead, initialize a variable or constant using an integer literal. For example:

let x = 23

In this example, the assignment to the x constant calls this integer literal initializer behind the scenes.

value: The value to create.

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BinaryInteger , Numeric , ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral

A textual representation of this value.

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BinaryInteger

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BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether two values are not equal.

Inequality is the inverse of equality. For any values a and b, a != b implies that a == b is false.

This is the default implementation of the not-equal-to operator (!=) for any type that conforms to Equatable.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

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BinaryInteger, Hashable, Numeric, Strideable, Equatable, Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the two given values are not equal.

You can check the inequality of instances of any BinaryInteger types using the not-equal-to operator (!=). For example, you can test whether the first UInt8 value in a string's UTF-8 encoding is not equal to the first UInt32 value in its Unicode scalar view:

let gameName = "Red Light, Green Light"
if let firstUTF8 = gameName.utf8.first,
    let firstScalar = gameName.unicodeScalars.first?.value {
    print("First code values are different: \(firstUTF8 != firstScalar)")
}
// Prints "First code values are different: false"

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise AND operation on the two given values.

A bitwise AND operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x & y             // 0b00000100
// z == 4

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

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BinaryInteger

Returns the given number unchanged.

You can use the unary plus operator (+) to provide symmetry in your code for positive numbers when also using the unary minus operator.

let x = -21
let y = +21
// x == -21
// y == 21

Returns: The given argument without any changes.

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BinaryInteger, Numeric

Adds two values and produces their sum.

The addition operator (+) calculates the sum of its two arguments. For example:

1 + 2                   // 3
-10 + 15                // 5
-15 + -5                // -20
21.5 + 3.25             // 24.75

You cannot use + with arguments of different types. To add values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: Int8 = 21
let y: Int = 1000000
Int(x) + y              // 1000021

Parameters: lhs: The first value to add. rhs: The second value to add.

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BinaryInteger, Strideable

Adds two values and produces their sum.

The addition operator (+) calculates the sum of its two arguments. For example:

1 + 2                   // 3
-10 + 15                // 5
-15 + -5                // -20
21.5 + 3.25             // 24.75

You cannot use + with arguments of different types. To add values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: Int8 = 21
let y: Int = 1000000
Int(x) + y              // 1000021

Parameters: lhs: The first value to add. rhs: The second value to add.

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BinaryInteger, Strideable

Adds two values and stores the result in the left-hand-side variable.

Parameters: lhs: The first value to add. rhs: The second value to add.

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BinaryInteger, Strideable

Returns a partial range up to, and including, its upper bound.

Use the prefix closed range operator (prefix ...) to create a partial range of any type that conforms to the Comparable protocol. This example creates a PartialRangeThrough<Double> instance that includes any value less than or equal to 5.0.

let throughFive = ...5.0
 
throughFive.contains(4.0)     // true
throughFive.contains(5.0)     // true
throughFive.contains(6.0)     // false

You can use this type of partial range of a collection's indices to represent the range from the start of the collection up to, and including, the partial range's upper bound.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
print(numbers[...3])
// Prints "[10, 20, 30, 40]"

maximum: The upper bound for the range.

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BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a closed range that contains both of its bounds.

Use the closed range operator (...) to create a closed range of any type that conforms to the Comparable protocol. This example creates a ClosedRange<Character> from "a" up to, and including, "z".

let lowercase = "a"..."z"
print(lowercase.contains("z"))
// Prints "true"

Parameters: minimum: The lower bound for the range. maximum: The upper bound for the range.

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BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a partial range up to, but not including, its upper bound.

Use the prefix half-open range operator (prefix ..<) to create a partial range of any type that conforms to the Comparable protocol. This example creates a PartialRangeUpTo<Double> instance that includes any value less than 5.0.

let upToFive = ..<5.0
 
upToFive.contains(3.14)       // true
upToFive.contains(6.28)       // false
upToFive.contains(5.0)        // false

You can use this type of partial range of a collection's indices to represent the range from the start of the collection up to, but not including, the partial range's upper bound.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
print(numbers[..<3])
// Prints "[10, 20, 30]"

maximum: The upper bound for the range.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a half-open range that contains its lower bound but not its upper bound.

Use the half-open range operator (..<) to create a range of any type that conforms to the Comparable protocol. This example creates a Range<Double> from zero up to, but not including, 5.0.

let lessThanFive = 0.0..<5.0
print(lessThanFive.contains(3.14))  // Prints "true"
print(lessThanFive.contains(5.0))   // Prints "false"

Parameters: minimum: The lower bound for the range. maximum: The upper bound for the range.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than that of the second argument.

You can compare instances of any BinaryInteger types using the less-than operator (<), even if the two instances are of different types.

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable

Returns the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the left.

The << operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a right shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift, resulting in zero.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a left shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted left by two bits.

let x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
let y = x << 2
// y == 120                       // 0b01111000

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

let z = x << 11
// z == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a right shift with abs(rhs).

let a = x << -3
// a == 3                         // 0b00000011
let b = x >> 3
// b == 3                         // 0b00000011

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the left.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than or equal to that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than or equal to that of the second argument.

This is the default implementation of the less-than-or-equal-to operator (<=) for any type that conforms to Comparable.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is less than or equal to that of the second argument.

You can compare instances of any BinaryInteger types using the less-than-or-equal-to operator (<=), even if the two instances are of different types.

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the two given values are equal.

You can check the equality of instances of any BinaryInteger types using the equal-to operator (==). For example, you can test whether the first UInt8 value in a string's UTF-8 encoding is equal to the first UInt32 value in its Unicode scalar view:

let gameName = "Red Light, Green Light"
if let firstUTF8 = gameName.utf8.first,
    let firstScalar = gameName.unicodeScalars.first?.value {
    print("First code values are equal: \(firstUTF8 == firstScalar)")
}
// Prints "First code values are equal: true"

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than that of the second argument.

This is the default implementation of the greater-than operator (>) for any type that conforms to Comparable.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than that of the second argument.

You can compare instances of any BinaryInteger types using the greater-than operator (>), even if the two instances are of different types.

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than or equal to that of the second argument.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than or equal to that of the second argument.

This is the default implementation of the greater-than-or-equal-to operator (>=) for any type that conforms to Comparable.

Parameters: lhs: A value to compare. rhs: Another value to compare. Returns: true if lhs is greater than or equal to rhs; otherwise, false.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable, Comparable

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the value of the first argument is greater than or equal to that of the second argument.

You can compare instances of any BinaryInteger types using the greater-than-or-equal-to operator (>=), even if the two instances are of different types.

Parameters: lhs: An integer to compare. rhs: Another integer to compare.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns the result of shifting a value's binary representation the specified number of digits to the right.

The >> operator performs a smart shift, which defines a result for a shift of any value.

• Using a negative value for rhs performs a left shift using abs(rhs).
• Using a value for rhs that is greater than or equal to the bit width of lhs is an overshift. An overshift results in -1 for a negative value of lhs or 0 for a nonnegative value.
• Using any other value for rhs performs a right shift on lhs by that amount.

The following example defines x as an instance of UInt8, an 8-bit, unsigned integer type. If you use 2 as the right-hand-side value in an operation on x, the value is shifted right by two bits.

let x: UInt8 = 30                 // 0b00011110
let y = x >> 2
// y == 7                         // 0b00000111

If you use 11 as rhs, x is overshifted such that all of its bits are set to zero.

let z = x >> 11
// z == 0                         // 0b00000000

Using a negative value as rhs is the same as performing a left shift using abs(rhs).

let a = x >> -3
// a == 240                       // 0b11110000
let b = x << 3
// b == 240                       // 0b11110000

Right shift operations on negative values "fill in" the high bits with ones instead of zeros.

let q: Int8 = -30                 // 0b11100010
let r = q >> 2
// r == -8                        // 0b11111000
 
let s = q >> 11
// s == -1                        // 0b11111111

Parameters: lhs: The value to shift. rhs: The number of bits to shift lhs to the right.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise XOR operation on the two given values.

A bitwise XOR operation, also known as an exclusive OR operation, results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or the other but not both of its arguments had that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x ^ y             // 0b00001011
// z == 11

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns the result of performing a bitwise OR operation on the two given values.

A bitwise OR operation results in a value that has each bit set to 1 where one or both of its arguments have that bit set to 1. For example:

let x: UInt8 = 5          // 0b00000101
let y: UInt8 = 14         // 0b00001110
let z = x | y             // 0b00001111
// z == 15

Parameters: lhs: An integer value. rhs: Another integer value.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Subtracts one value from another and produces their difference.

The subtraction operator (-) calculates the difference of its two arguments. For example:

8 - 3                   // 5
-10 - 5                 // -15
100 - -5                // 105
10.5 - 100.0            // -89.5

You cannot use - with arguments of different types. To subtract values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: UInt8 = 21
let y: UInt = 1000000
y - UInt(x)             // 999979

Parameters: lhs: A numeric value. rhs: The value to subtract from lhs.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable

Subtracts one value from another and produces their difference.

The subtraction operator (-) calculates the difference of its two arguments. For example:

8 - 3                   // 5
-10 - 5                 // -15
100 - -5                // 105
10.5 - 100.0            // -89.5

You cannot use - with arguments of different types. To subtract values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value's type.

let x: UInt8 = 21
let y: UInt = 1000000
y - UInt(x)             // 999979

Parameters: lhs: A numeric value. rhs: The value to subtract from lhs.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable

Subtracts the second value from the first and stores the difference in the left-hand-side variable.

Parameters: lhs: A numeric value. rhs: The value to subtract from lhs.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable

Returns a value that is offset the specified distance from this value.

Use the advanced(by:) method in generic code to offset a value by a specified distance. If you're working directly with numeric values, use the addition operator (+) instead of this method.

For a value x, a distance n, and a value y = x.advanced(by: n), x.distance(to: y) == n.

n: The distance to advance this value. Returns: A value that is offset from this value by n.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns the distance from this value to the given value, expressed as a stride.

For two values x and y, and a distance n = x.distance(to: y), x.advanced(by: n) == y.

other: The value to calculate the distance to. Returns: The distance from this value to other.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns the quotient and remainder of this value divided by the given value.

Use this method to calculate the quotient and remainder of a division at the same time.

let x = 1_000_000
let (q, r) = x.quotientAndRemainder(dividingBy: 933)
// q == 1071
// r == 757

rhs: The value to divide this value by. Returns: A tuple containing the quotient and remainder of this value divided by rhs.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns -1 if this value is negative and 1 if it's positive; otherwise, 0.

Returns: The sign of this number, expressed as an integer of the same type.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger

Returns a countable closed range that contains both of its bounds.

Use the closed range operator (...) to create a closed range of any type that conforms to the Strideable protocol with an associated signed integer Stride type, such as any of the standard library's integer types. This example creates a ClosedRange<Int> from zero up to, and including, nine.

let singleDigits = 0...9
print(singleDigits.contains(9))
// Prints "true"

You can use sequence or collection methods on the singleDigits range.

print(singleDigits.count)
// Prints "10"
print(singleDigits.last)
// Prints "9"

Parameters:)`. minimum: The lower bound for the range. maximum: The upper bound for the range.

Declaration

Declared In

BinaryInteger, Strideable