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Creates a string from the null-terminated, UTF-8 encoded sequence of bytes at the given pointer.

• Parameter nullTerminatedUTF8: A pointer to a sequence of contiguous, UTF-8 encoded bytes ending just before the first zero byte.

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Creates a string from the given Unicode code units in the specified encoding.

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Creates a string from the null-terminated sequence of bytes at the given pointer.

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Calls the given closure with a pointer to the contents of the string, represented as a null-terminated sequence of UTF-8 code units.

The pointer passed as an argument to body is valid only during the execution of withCString(_:). Do not store or return the pointer for later use.

• Parameter body: A closure with a pointer parameter that points to a null-terminated sequence of UTF-8 code units. If body has a return value, that value is also used as the return value for the withCString(_:) method. The pointer argument is valid only for the duration of the method's execution.

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Calls the given closure with a pointer to the contents of the string, represented as a null-terminated sequence of code units.

The pointer passed as an argument to body is valid only during the execution of withCString(encodedAs:_:). Do not store or return the pointer for later use.

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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]"

• Parameter maximum: The upper bound for the range.

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Returns a partial range extending upward from a lower bound.

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

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

You can use this type of partial range of a collection's indices to represent the range from the partial range's lower bound up to the end of the collection.

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

• Parameter minimum: The lower bound for the range.

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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"

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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]"

• Parameter maximum: The upper bound for the range.

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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"

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Returns the difference needed to produce this collection's ordered elements from the given collection, using the given predicate as an equivalence test.

This function does not infer element moves. If you need to infer moves, call the inferringMoves() method on the resulting difference.

Complexity: Worst case performance is O(n * m), where n is the count of this collection and m is other.count. You can expect faster execution when the collections share many common elements.

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Returns a subsequence containing all but the specified number of final elements.

If the number of elements to drop exceeds the number of elements in the collection, the result is an empty subsequence.

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(numbers.dropLast(2))
// Prints "[1, 2, 3]"
print(numbers.dropLast(10))
// Prints "[]"

• Parameter k: The number of elements to drop off the end of the collection. k must be greater than or equal to zero.

Complexity: O(1) if the collection conforms to RandomAccessCollection; otherwise, O(k), where k is the number of elements to drop.

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Replaces the given index with its predecessor.

• Parameter i: A valid index of the collection. i must be greater than startIndex.

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The last element of the collection.

If the collection is empty, the value of this property is nil.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
if let lastNumber = numbers.last {
    print(lastNumber)
}
// Prints "50"

Complexity: O(1)

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Returns the last element of the sequence that satisfies the given predicate.

This example uses the last(where:) method to find the last negative number in an array of integers:

let numbers = [3, 7, 4, -2, 9, -6, 10, 1]
if let lastNegative = numbers.last(where: { $0 < 0 }) {
    print("The last negative number is \(lastNegative).")
}
// Prints "The last negative number is -6."

• Parameter predicate: A closure that takes an element of the sequence as its argument and returns a Boolean value indicating whether the element is a match.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the collection.

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Returns the index of the last element in the collection that matches the given predicate.

You can use the predicate to find an element of a type that doesn't conform to the Equatable protocol or to find an element that matches particular criteria. This example finds the index of the last name that begins with the letter A:

let students = ["Kofi", "Abena", "Peter", "Kweku", "Akosua"]
if let i = students.lastIndex(where: { $0.hasPrefix("A") }) {
    print("\(students[i]) starts with 'A'!")
}
// Prints "Akosua starts with 'A'!"

• Parameter predicate: A closure that takes an element as its argument and returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the passed element represents a match.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the collection.

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Returns a view presenting the elements of the collection in reverse order.

You can reverse a collection without allocating new space for its elements by calling this reversed() method. A ReversedCollection instance wraps an underlying collection and provides access to its elements in reverse order. This example prints the characters of a string in reverse order:

let word = "Backwards"
for char in word.reversed() {
    print(char, terminator: "")
}
// Prints "sdrawkcaB"

If you need a reversed collection of the same type, you may be able to use the collection's sequence-based or collection-based initializer. For example, to get the reversed version of a string, reverse its characters and initialize a new String instance from the result.

let reversedWord = String(word.reversed())
print(reversedWord)
// Prints "sdrawkcaB"

Complexity: O(1)

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Returns a subsequence, up to the given maximum length, containing the final elements of the collection.

If the maximum length exceeds the number of elements in the collection, the result contains the entire collection.

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(numbers.suffix(2))
// Prints "[4, 5]"
print(numbers.suffix(10))
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"

• Parameter maxLength: The maximum number of elements to return. maxLength must be greater than or equal to zero.

Complexity: O(1) if the collection conforms to RandomAccessCollection; otherwise, O(k), where k is equal to maxLength.

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