Creates a new, empty array.

This is equivalent to initializing with an empty array literal. For example:

var emptyArray = Array<Int>()
print(emptyArray.isEmpty)
// Prints "true"

emptyArray = []
print(emptyArray.isEmpty)
// Prints "true"

Declaration

Creates a new instance of a collection containing the elements of a sequence.

• Parameter elements: The sequence of elements for the new collection.

Declaration

Creates an array containing the elements of a sequence.

You can use this initializer to create an array from any other type that conforms to the Sequence protocol. For example, you might want to create an array with the integers from 1 through 7. Use this initializer around a range instead of typing all those numbers in an array literal.

let numbers = Array(1...7)
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]"

You can also use this initializer to convert a complex sequence or collection type back to an array. For example, the keys property of a dictionary isn't an array with its own storage, it's a collection that maps its elements from the dictionary only when they're accessed, saving the time and space needed to allocate an array. If you need to pass those keys to a method that takes an array, however, use this initializer to convert that list from its type of LazyMapCollection<Dictionary<String, Int>, Int> to a simple [String].

func cacheImagesWithNames(names: [String]) {
    // custom image loading and caching
 }

let namedHues: [String: Int] = ["Vermillion": 18, "Magenta": 302,
        "Gold": 50, "Cerise": 320]
let colorNames = Array(namedHues.keys)
cacheImagesWithNames(colorNames)

print(colorNames)
// Prints "["Gold", "Cerise", "Magenta", "Vermillion"]"

• Parameter s: The sequence of elements to turn into an array.

Declaration

Creates an array from the given array literal.

Do not call this initializer directly. It is used by the compiler when you use an array literal. Instead, create a new array by using an array literal as its value. To do this, enclose a comma-separated list of values in square brackets.

Here, an array of strings is created from an array literal holding only strings.

let ingredients = ["cocoa beans", "sugar", "cocoa butter", "salt"]

• Parameter elements: A variadic list of elements of the new array.

Declaration

Creates a new collection containing the specified number of a single, repeated value.

Here's an example of creating an array initialized with five strings containing the letter Z.

let fiveZs = Array(repeating: "Z", count: 5)
print(fiveZs)
// Prints "["Z", "Z", "Z", "Z", "Z"]"

Declaration

Creates a new array containing the specified number of a single, repeated value.

Here's an example of creating an array initialized with five strings containing the letter Z.

let fiveZs = Array(repeating: "Z", count: 5)
print(fiveZs)
// Prints "["Z", "Z", "Z", "Z", "Z"]"

Declaration

Creates an array with the specified capacity, then calls the given closure with a buffer covering the array's uninitialized memory.

Inside the closure, set the initializedCount parameter to the number of elements that are initialized by the closure. The memory in the range buffer[0..<initializedCount] must be initialized at the end of the closure's execution, and the memory in the range buffer[initializedCount...] must be uninitialized. This postcondition must hold even if the initializer closure throws an error.

Note: While the resulting array may have a capacity larger than the requested amount, the buffer passed to the closure will cover exactly the requested number of elements.

Declaration

The total number of elements that the array can contain without allocating new storage.

Every array reserves a specific amount of memory to hold its contents. When you add elements to an array and that array begins to exceed its reserved capacity, the array allocates a larger region of memory and copies its elements into the new storage. The new storage is a multiple of the old storage's size. This exponential growth strategy means that appending an element happens in constant time, averaging the performance of many append operations. Append operations that trigger reallocation have a performance cost, but they occur less and less often as the array grows larger.

The following example creates an array of integers from an array literal, then appends the elements of another collection. Before appending, the array allocates new storage that is large enough store the resulting elements.

var numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
// numbers.count == 5
// numbers.capacity == 5

numbers.append(contentsOf: stride(from: 60, through: 100, by: 10))
// numbers.count == 10
// numbers.capacity == 12

Declaration

The number of elements in the array.

Declaration

A mirror that reflects the array.

Declaration

A textual representation of the array and its elements, suitable for debugging.

Declaration

A textual representation of the array and its elements.

Declaration

The array's "past the end" position---that is, the position one greater than the last valid subscript argument.

When you need a range that includes the last element of an array, use the half-open range operator (..<) with endIndex. The ..< operator creates a range that doesn't include the upper bound, so it's always safe to use with endIndex. For example:

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
if let i = numbers.firstIndex(of: 30) {
    print(numbers[i ..< numbers.endIndex])
}
// Prints "[30, 40, 50]"

If the array is empty, endIndex is equal to startIndex.

Declaration

The position of the first element in a nonempty array.

For an instance of Array, startIndex is always zero. If the array is empty, startIndex is equal to endIndex.

Declaration

Accesses a contiguous subrange of the collection's elements.

The accessed slice uses the same indices for the same elements as the original collection. Always use the slice's startIndex property instead of assuming that its indices start at a particular value.

This example demonstrates getting a slice of an array of strings, finding the index of one of the strings in the slice, and then using that index in the original array.

let streets = ["Adams", "Bryant", "Channing", "Douglas", "Evarts"]
let streetsSlice = streets[2 ..< streets.endIndex]
print(streetsSlice)
// Prints "["Channing", "Douglas", "Evarts"]"

let index = streetsSlice.firstIndex(of: "Evarts")    // 4
streets[index!] = "Eustace"
print(streets[index!])
// Prints "Eustace"

• Parameter bounds: A range of the collection's indices. The bounds of the range must be valid indices of the collection.

Complexity: O(1)

Declaration

Accesses a contiguous subrange of the array's elements.

The returned ArraySlice instance uses the same indices for the same elements as the original array. In particular, that slice, unlike an array, may have a nonzero startIndex and an endIndex that is not equal to count. Always use the slice's startIndex and endIndex properties instead of assuming that its indices start or end at a particular value.

This example demonstrates getting a slice of an array of strings, finding the index of one of the strings in the slice, and then using that index in the original array.

let streets = ["Adams", "Bryant", "Channing", "Douglas", "Evarts"]
let streetsSlice = streets[2 ..< streets.endIndex]
print(streetsSlice)
// Prints "["Channing", "Douglas", "Evarts"]"

let i = streetsSlice.firstIndex(of: "Evarts")    // 4
print(streets[i!])
// Prints "Evarts"

• Parameter bounds: A range of integers. The bounds of the range must be valid indices of the array.

Declaration

Accesses the element at the specified position.

The following example uses indexed subscripting to update an array's second element. After assigning the new value ("Butler") at a specific position, that value is immediately available at that same position.

var streets = ["Adams", "Bryant", "Channing", "Douglas", "Evarts"]
streets[1] = "Butler"
print(streets[1])
// Prints "Butler"

• Parameter index: The position of the element to access. index must be greater than or equal to startIndex and less than endIndex.

Complexity: Reading an element from an array is O(1). Writing is O(1) unless the array's storage is shared with another array or uses a bridged NSArray instance as its storage, in which case writing is O(n), where n is the length of the array.

Declaration

Declaration

Declaration

Adds an element to the end of the collection.

If the collection does not have sufficient capacity for another element, additional storage is allocated before appending newElement. The following example adds a new number to an array of integers:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.append(100)

print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100]"

• Parameter newElement: The element to append to the collection.

Complexity: O(1) on average, over many calls to append(_:) on the same collection.

Declaration

Adds a new element at the end of the array.

Use this method to append a single element to the end of a mutable array.

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.append(100)
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100]"

Because arrays increase their allocated capacity using an exponential strategy, appending a single element to an array is an O(1) operation when averaged over many calls to the append(_:) method. When an array has additional capacity and is not sharing its storage with another instance, appending an element is O(1). When an array needs to reallocate storage before appending or its storage is shared with another copy, appending is O(n), where n is the length of the array.

• Parameter newElement: The element to append to the array.

Complexity: O(1) on average, over many calls to append(_:) on the same array.

Declaration

Adds the elements of a sequence or collection to the end of this collection.

The collection being appended to allocates any additional necessary storage to hold the new elements.

The following example appends the elements of a Range<Int> instance to an array of integers:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.append(contentsOf: 10...15)
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]"

• Parameter newElements: The elements to append to the collection.

Complexity: O(m), where m is the length of newElements.

Declaration

Adds the elements of a sequence to the end of the array.

Use this method to append the elements of a sequence to the end of this array. This example appends the elements of a Range<Int> instance to an array of integers.

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.append(contentsOf: 10...15)
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]"

• Parameter newElements: The elements to append to the array.

Complexity: O(m) on average, where m is the length of newElements, over many calls to append(contentsOf:) on the same array.

Declaration

Applies the given difference to this collection.

• Parameter difference: The difference to be applied.

Complexity: O(n + c), where n is self.count and c is the number of changes contained by the parameter.

Declaration

Returns the distance between two indices.

Declaration

Returns a new collection of the same type containing, in order, the elements of the original collection that satisfy the given predicate.

In this example, filter(_:) is used to include only names shorter than five characters.

let cast = ["Vivien", "Marlon", "Kim", "Karl"]
let shortNames = cast.filter { $0.count < 5 }
print(shortNames)
// Prints "["Kim", "Karl"]"

• Parameter isIncluded: A closure that takes an element of the sequence as its argument and returns a Boolean value indicating whether the element should be included in the returned collection.

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

Declaration

Replaces the given index with its successor.

• Parameter i: A valid index of the collection. i must be less than endIndex.

Declaration

Replaces the given index with its predecessor.

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

Declaration

Returns an index that is the specified distance from the given index.

The following example obtains an index advanced four positions from an array's starting index and then prints the element at that position.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
let i = numbers.index(numbers.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)
print(numbers[i])
// Prints "50"

The value passed as distance must not offset i beyond the bounds of the collection.

Declaration

Returns an index that is the specified distance from the given index, unless that distance is beyond a given limiting index.

The following example obtains an index advanced four positions from an array's starting index and then prints the element at that position. The operation doesn't require going beyond the limiting numbers.endIndex value, so it succeeds.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
let i = numbers.index(numbers.startIndex, offsetBy: 4)
print(numbers[i])
// Prints "50"

The next example attempts to retrieve an index ten positions from numbers.startIndex, but fails, because that distance is beyond the index passed as limit.

let j = numbers.index(numbers.startIndex,
                      offsetBy: 10,
                      limitedBy: numbers.endIndex)
print(j)
// Prints "nil"

The value passed as distance must not offset i beyond the bounds of the collection, unless the index passed as limit prevents offsetting beyond those bounds.

Complexity: O(1)

Declaration

Returns an index that is the specified distance from the given index, unless that distance is beyond a given limiting index.

The following example obtains an index advanced four positions from an array's starting index and then prints the element at that position. The operation doesn't require going beyond the limiting numbers.endIndex value, so it succeeds.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
if let i = numbers.index(numbers.startIndex,
                         offsetBy: 4,
                         limitedBy: numbers.endIndex) {
    print(numbers[i])
}
// Prints "50"

The next example attempts to retrieve an index ten positions from numbers.startIndex, but fails, because that distance is beyond the index passed as limit.

let j = numbers.index(numbers.startIndex,
                      offsetBy: 10,
                      limitedBy: numbers.endIndex)
print(j)
// Prints "nil"

The value passed as distance must not offset i beyond the bounds of the collection, unless the index passed as limit prevents offsetting beyond those bounds.

Complexity: O(1)

Declaration

Returns the position immediately after the given index.

• Parameter i: A valid index of the collection. i must be less than endIndex.

Declaration

Returns the position immediately before the given index.

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

Declaration

Inserts a new element into the collection at the specified position.

The new element is inserted before the element currently at the specified index. If you pass the collection's endIndex property as the index parameter, the new element is appended to the collection.

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.insert(100, at: 3)
numbers.insert(200, at: numbers.endIndex)

print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 100, 4, 5, 200]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter newElement: The new element to insert into the collection.

• Parameter i: The position at which to insert the new element. index must be a valid index into the collection.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the collection. If i == endIndex, this method is equivalent to append(_:).

Declaration

Inserts a new element at the specified position.

The new element is inserted before the element currently at the specified index. If you pass the array's endIndex property as the index parameter, the new element is appended to the array.

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.insert(100, at: 3)
numbers.insert(200, at: numbers.endIndex)

print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 100, 4, 5, 200]"

• Parameter newElement: The new element to insert into the array.

• Parameter i: The position at which to insert the new element. index must be a valid index of the array or equal to its endIndex property.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the array. If i == endIndex, this method is equivalent to append(_:).

Declaration

Inserts the elements of a sequence into the collection at the specified position.

The new elements are inserted before the element currently at the specified index. If you pass the collection's endIndex property as the index parameter, the new elements are appended to the collection.

Here's an example of inserting a range of integers into an array of the same type:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.insert(contentsOf: 100...103, at: 3)
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 100, 101, 102, 103, 4, 5]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter newElements: The new elements to insert into the collection.

• Parameter i: The position at which to insert the new elements. index must be a valid index of the collection.

Complexity: O(n + m), where n is length of this collection and m is the length of newElements. If i == endIndex, this method is equivalent to append(contentsOf:).

Declaration

Reorders the elements of the collection such that all the elements that match the given predicate are after all the elements that don't match.

After partitioning a collection, there is a pivot index p where no element before p satisfies the belongsInSecondPartition predicate and every element at or after p satisfies belongsInSecondPartition.

In the following example, an array of numbers is partitioned by a predicate that matches elements greater than 30.

var numbers = [30, 40, 20, 30, 30, 60, 10]
let p = numbers.partition(by: { $0 > 30 })
// p == 5
// numbers == [30, 10, 20, 30, 30, 60, 40]

The numbers array is now arranged in two partitions. The first partition, numbers[..<p], is made up of the elements that are not greater than 30. The second partition, numbers[p...], is made up of the elements that are greater than 30.

let first = numbers[..<p]
// first == [30, 10, 20, 30, 30]
let second = numbers[p...]
// second == [60, 40]

• Parameter belongsInSecondPartition: A predicate used to partition the collection. All elements satisfying this predicate are ordered after all elements not satisfying it.

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

Declaration

Removes and returns the element at the specified position.

All the elements following the specified position are moved to close the gap. This example removes the middle element from an array of measurements.

var measurements = [1.2, 1.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.6]
let removed = measurements.remove(at: 2)
print(measurements)
// Prints "[1.2, 1.5, 1.2, 1.6]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter position: The position of the element to remove. position must be a valid index of the collection that is not equal to the collection's end index.

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

Declaration

Removes and returns the element at the specified position.

All the elements following the specified position are moved up to close the gap.

var measurements: [Double] = [1.1, 1.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.5, 1.3, 1.2]
let removed = measurements.remove(at: 2)
print(measurements)
// Prints "[1.1, 1.5, 1.2, 1.5, 1.3, 1.2]"

• Parameter index: The position of the element to remove. index must be a valid index of the array.

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

Declaration

Removes all elements from the collection.

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter keepCapacity: Pass true to request that the collection avoid releasing its storage. Retaining the collection's storage can be a useful optimization when you're planning to grow the collection again. The default value is false.

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

Declaration

Removes all elements from the array.

• Parameter keepCapacity: Pass true to keep the existing capacity of the array after removing its elements. The default value is false.

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

Declaration

Removes all the elements that satisfy the given predicate.

Use this method to remove every element in a collection that meets particular criteria. The order of the remaining elements is preserved. This example removes all the vowels from a string:

var phrase = "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

let vowels: Set<Character> = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]
phrase.removeAll(where: { vowels.contains($0) })
// phrase == "Th rn n Spn stys mnly n th pln."

• Parameter shouldBeRemoved: A closure that takes an element of the sequence as its argument and returns a Boolean value indicating whether the element should be removed from the collection.

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

Declaration

Removes and returns the first element of the collection.

The collection must not be empty.

var bugs = ["Aphid", "Bumblebee", "Cicada", "Damselfly", "Earwig"]
bugs.removeFirst()
print(bugs)
// Prints "["Bumblebee", "Cicada", "Damselfly", "Earwig"]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

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

Declaration

Removes the specified number of elements from the beginning of the collection.

var bugs = ["Aphid", "Bumblebee", "Cicada", "Damselfly", "Earwig"]
bugs.removeFirst(3)
print(bugs)
// Prints "["Damselfly", "Earwig"]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter k: The number of elements to remove from the collection. k must be greater than or equal to zero and must not exceed the number of elements in the collection.

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

Declaration

Removes the elements in the specified subrange from the collection.

All the elements following the specified position are moved to close the gap. This example removes three elements from the middle of an array of measurements.

var measurements = [1.2, 1.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.5]
measurements.removeSubrange(1..<4)
print(measurements)
// Prints "[1.2, 1.5]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter bounds: The range of the collection to be removed. The bounds of the range must be valid indices of the collection.

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

Declaration

Removes the elements in the specified subrange from the collection.

All the elements following the specified position are moved to close the gap. This example removes three elements from the middle of an array of measurements.

var measurements = [1.2, 1.5, 2.9, 1.2, 1.5]
measurements.removeSubrange(1..<4)
print(measurements)
// Prints "[1.2, 1.5]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

• Parameter bounds: The range of the collection to be removed. The bounds of the range must be valid indices of the collection.

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

Declaration

Replaces the specified subrange of elements with the given collection.

This method has the effect of removing the specified range of elements from the collection and inserting the new elements at the same location. The number of new elements need not match the number of elements being removed.

In this example, three elements in the middle of an array of integers are replaced by the five elements of a Repeated<Int> instance.

 var nums = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
 nums.replaceSubrange(1...3, with: repeatElement(1, count: 5))
 print(nums)
 // Prints "[10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 50]"

If you pass a zero-length range as the subrange parameter, this method inserts the elements of newElements at subrange.startIndex. Calling the insert(contentsOf:at:) method instead is preferred.

Likewise, if you pass a zero-length collection as the newElements parameter, this method removes the elements in the given subrange without replacement. Calling the removeSubrange(_:) method instead is preferred.

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

Complexity: O(n + m), where n is length of this collection and m is the length of newElements. If the call to this method simply appends the contents of newElements to the collection, the complexity is O(m).

Declaration

Replaces a range of elements with the elements in the specified collection.

This method has the effect of removing the specified range of elements from the array and inserting the new elements at the same location. The number of new elements need not match the number of elements being removed.

In this example, three elements in the middle of an array of integers are replaced by the five elements of a Repeated<Int> instance.

 var nums = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
 nums.replaceSubrange(1...3, with: repeatElement(1, count: 5))
 print(nums)
 // Prints "[10, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 50]"

If you pass a zero-length range as the subrange parameter, this method inserts the elements of newElements at subrange.startIndex. Calling the insert(contentsOf:at:) method instead is preferred.

Likewise, if you pass a zero-length collection as the newElements parameter, this method removes the elements in the given subrange without replacement. Calling the removeSubrange(_:) method instead is preferred.

Complexity: O(n + m), where n is length of the array and m is the length of newElements. If the call to this method simply appends the contents of newElements to the array, this method is equivalent to append(contentsOf:).

Declaration

Prepares the collection to store the specified number of elements, when doing so is appropriate for the underlying type.

If you will be adding a known number of elements to a collection, use this method to avoid multiple reallocations. A type that conforms to RangeReplaceableCollection can choose how to respond when this method is called. Depending on the type, it may make sense to allocate more or less storage than requested or to take no action at all.

• Parameter n: The requested number of elements to store.

Declaration

Reserves enough space to store the specified number of elements.

If you are adding a known number of elements to an array, use this method to avoid multiple reallocations. This method ensures that the array has unique, mutable, contiguous storage, with space allocated for at least the requested number of elements.

Calling the reserveCapacity(_:) method on an array with bridged storage triggers a copy to contiguous storage even if the existing storage has room to store minimumCapacity elements.

For performance reasons, the size of the newly allocated storage might be greater than the requested capacity. Use the array's capacity property to determine the size of the new storage.

Preserving an Array's Geometric Growth Strategy

If you implement a custom data structure backed by an array that grows dynamically, naively calling the reserveCapacity(_:) method can lead to worse than expected performance. Arrays need to follow a geometric allocation pattern for appending elements to achieve amortized constant-time performance. The Array type's append(_:) and append(contentsOf:) methods take care of this detail for you, but reserveCapacity(_:) allocates only as much space as you tell it to (padded to a round value), and no more. This avoids over-allocation, but can result in insertion not having amortized constant-time performance.

The following code declares values, an array of integers, and the addTenQuadratic() function, which adds ten more values to the values array on each call.

  var values: [Int] = [0, 1, 2, 3]

  // Don't use 'reserveCapacity(_:)' like this
  func addTenQuadratic() {
      let newCount = values.count + 10
      values.reserveCapacity(newCount)
      for n in values.count..<newCount {
          values.append(n)
      }
  }

The call to reserveCapacity(_:) increases the values array's capacity by exactly 10 elements on each pass through addTenQuadratic(), which is linear growth. Instead of having constant time when averaged over many calls, the function may decay to performance that is linear in values.count. This is almost certainly not what you want.

In cases like this, the simplest fix is often to simply remove the call to reserveCapacity(_:), and let the append(_:) method grow the array for you.

  func addTen() {
      let newCount = values.count + 10
      for n in values.count..<newCount {
          values.append(n)
      }
  }

If you need more control over the capacity of your array, implement your own geometric growth strategy, passing the size you compute to reserveCapacity(_:).

• Parameter minimumCapacity: The requested number of elements to store.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the number of elements in the array.

Declaration

Exchanges the values at the specified indices of the collection.

Both parameters must be valid indices of the collection that are not equal to endIndex. Calling swapAt(_:_:) with the same index as both i and j has no effect.

Complexity: O(1)

Declaration

Call body(p), where p is a pointer to the collection's mutable contiguous storage. If no such storage exists, it is first created. If the collection does not support an internal representation in a form of mutable contiguous storage, body is not called and nil is returned.

Often, the optimizer can eliminate bounds- and uniqueness-checks within an algorithm, but when that fails, invoking the same algorithm on body\ 's argument lets you trade safety for speed.

Declaration

Call body(p), where p is a pointer to the collection's mutable contiguous storage. If no such storage exists, it is first created. If the collection does not support an internal representation in a form of mutable contiguous storage, body is not called and nil is returned.

Often, the optimizer can eliminate bounds- and uniqueness-checks within an algorithm, but when that fails, invoking the same algorithm on body\ 's argument lets you trade safety for speed.

Declaration

Call body(p), where p is a pointer to the collection's contiguous storage. If no such storage exists, it is first created. If the collection does not support an internal representation in a form of contiguous storage, body is not called and nil is returned.

A Collection that provides its own implementation of this method must also guarantee that an equivalent buffer of its SubSequence can be generated by advancing the pointer by the distance to the slice's startIndex.

Declaration

Calls a closure with a pointer to the array's contiguous storage.

Often, the optimizer can eliminate bounds checks within an array algorithm, but when that fails, invoking the same algorithm on the buffer pointer passed into your closure lets you trade safety for speed.

The following example shows how you can iterate over the contents of the buffer pointer:

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
let sum = numbers.withUnsafeBufferPointer { buffer -> Int in
    var result = 0
    for i in stride(from: buffer.startIndex, to: buffer.endIndex, by: 2) {
        result += buffer[i]
    }
    return result
}
// 'sum' == 9

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

• Parameter body: A closure with an UnsafeBufferPointer parameter that points to the contiguous storage for the array. If no such storage exists, it is created. If body has a return value, that value is also used as the return value for the withUnsafeBufferPointer(_:) 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 underlying bytes of the array's contiguous storage.

The array's Element type must be a trivial type, which can be copied with just a bit-for-bit copy without any indirection or reference-counting operations. Generally, native Swift types that do not contain strong or weak references are trivial, as are imported C structs and enums.

The following example copies the bytes of the numbers array into a buffer of UInt8:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3]
var byteBuffer: [UInt8] = []
numbers.withUnsafeBytes {
    byteBuffer.append(contentsOf: $0)
}
// byteBuffer == [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]

• Parameter body: A closure with an UnsafeRawBufferPointer parameter that points to the contiguous storage for the array. If no such storage exists, it is created. If body has a return value, that value is also used as the return value for the withUnsafeBytes(_:) method. The argument is valid only for the duration of the closure's execution.

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Calls the given closure with a pointer to the array's mutable contiguous storage.

Often, the optimizer can eliminate bounds checks within an array algorithm, but when that fails, invoking the same algorithm on the buffer pointer passed into your closure lets you trade safety for speed.

The following example shows how modifying the contents of the UnsafeMutableBufferPointer argument to body alters the contents of the array:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { buffer in
    for i in stride(from: buffer.startIndex, to: buffer.endIndex - 1, by: 2) {
        buffer.swapAt(i, i + 1)
    }
}
print(numbers)
// Prints "[2, 1, 4, 3, 5]"

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

Warning: Do not rely on anything about the array that is the target of this method during execution of the body closure; it might not appear to have its correct value. Instead, use only the UnsafeMutableBufferPointer argument to body.

• Parameter body: A closure with an UnsafeMutableBufferPointer parameter that points to the contiguous storage for the array. If no such storage exists, it is created. If body has a return value, that value is also used as the return value for the withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer(_:) method. The pointer argument is valid only for the duration of the method's execution.

Declaration

Calls the given closure with a pointer to the underlying bytes of the array's mutable contiguous storage.

The array's Element type must be a trivial type, which can be copied with just a bit-for-bit copy without any indirection or reference-counting operations. Generally, native Swift types that do not contain strong or weak references are trivial, as are imported C structs and enums.

The following example copies bytes from the byteValues array into numbers, an array of Int:

var numbers: [Int32] = [0, 0]
var byteValues: [UInt8] = [0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]

numbers.withUnsafeMutableBytes { destBytes in
    byteValues.withUnsafeBytes { srcBytes in
        destBytes.copyBytes(from: srcBytes)
    }
}
// numbers == [1, 2]

The pointer passed as an argument to body is valid only for the lifetime of the closure. Do not escape it from the closure for later use.

Warning: Do not rely on anything about the array that is the target of this method during execution of the body closure; it might not appear to have its correct value. Instead, use only the UnsafeMutableRawBufferPointer argument to body.

• Parameter body: A closure with an UnsafeMutableRawBufferPointer parameter that points to the contiguous storage for the array. If no such storage exists, it is created. If body has a return value, that value is also used as the return value for the withUnsafeMutableBytes(_:) method. The argument is valid only for the duration of the closure's execution.

Declaration

Creates a new collection by concatenating the elements of a collection and a sequence.

The two arguments must have the same Element type. For example, you can concatenate the elements of an integer array and a Range<Int> instance.

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
let moreNumbers = numbers + 5...10
print(moreNumbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]"

The resulting collection has the type of the argument on the left-hand side. In the example above, moreNumbers has the same type as numbers, which is [Int].

Declaration

Creates a new collection by concatenating the elements of a sequence and a collection.

The two arguments must have the same Element type. For example, you can concatenate the elements of a Range<Int> instance and an integer array.

let numbers = [7, 8, 9, 10]
let moreNumbers = 1...6 + numbers
print(moreNumbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]"

The resulting collection has the type of argument on the right-hand side. In the example above, moreNumbers has the same type as numbers, which is [Int].

Declaration

Creates a new collection by concatenating the elements of two collections.

The two arguments must have the same Element type. For example, you can concatenate the elements of two integer arrays.

let lowerNumbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
let higherNumbers: ContiguousArray = [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
let allNumbers = lowerNumbers + higherNumbers
print(allNumbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]"

The resulting collection has the type of the argument on the left-hand side. In the example above, moreNumbers has the same type as numbers, which is [Int].

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Appends the elements of a sequence to a range-replaceable collection.

Use this operator to append the elements of a sequence to the end of range-replaceable collection with same Element type. This example appends the elements of a Range<Int> instance to an array of integers.

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers += 10...15
print(numbers)
// Prints "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]"

Complexity: O(m), where m is the length of the right-hand-side argument.

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