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Generic uniq function in Swift
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// uniq func for Swift 1.2 | |
func uniq<C: ExtensibleCollectionType where C.Generator.Element: Hashable>(collection: C) -> C { | |
var seen:Set<C.Generator.Element> = Set() | |
return reduce(collection, C()) { result, item in | |
if seen.contains(item) { | |
return result | |
} | |
seen.insert(item) | |
return result + [item] | |
} | |
} | |
uniq([1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4]) // > [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
uniq("aaabccc") // > "abc" |
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// uniq func for Swift 1.1 | |
func uniq<C: ExtensibleCollectionType where C.Generator.Element: Hashable>(collection: C) -> C { | |
var seen: [C.Generator.Element: Void] = [:] | |
return reduce(collection, C()) { result, item in | |
if seen[item] != nil { | |
return result | |
} | |
seen[item] = () | |
return result + [item] | |
} | |
} | |
uniq([1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4]) // > [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
uniq("aaabccc") // > "abc" |
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I updated it for Xcode 7 beta 4, and wrote about it here: http://kelan.io/2015/collection-extensions-in-swift-uniq-and-tapdescription/