Creating a Set Type in Swift

Set.swift

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import Foundation

public struct Set<T: Hashable> : Equatable {
    typealias Element = T
    private var contents: [Element: Bool]
    
    public init() {
        self.contents = [Element: Bool]()
    }

    public init<S: SequenceType where S.Generator.Element == Element>(_ sequence: S) {
        self.contents = [Element: Bool]()
        Swift.map(sequence) { self.contents[$0] = true }
    }

    /// The number of elements in the Set.
    public var count: Int { return contents.count }
    
    /// Returns `true` if the Set is empty.
    public var isEmpty: Bool { return contents.isEmpty }
    
    /// The elements of the Set as an array.
    public var elements: [Element] { return Array(self.contents.keys) }

    /// Returns `true` if the Set contains `element`.
    public func contains(element: Element) -> Bool {
        return contents[element] ?? false
    }
        
    /// Add `newElements` to the Set.
    public mutating func add(newElements: Element...) {
        newElements.map { self.contents[$0] = true }
    }
    
    /// Remove `element` from the Set.
    public mutating func remove(element: Element) -> Element? {
        return contents.removeValueForKey(element) != nil ? element : nil
    }
    
    /// Removes all elements from the Set.
    public mutating func removeAll() {
    	contents = [Element: Bool]()
    }

    /// Returns a new Set including only those elements `x` where `includeElement(x)` is true.
    public func filter(includeElement: (T) -> Bool) -> Set<T> {
        return Set(self.contents.keys.filter(includeElement))
    }

    /// Returns a new Set where each element `x` is transformed by `transform(x)`.
    public func map<U>(transform: (T) -> U) -> Set<U> {
        return Set<U>(self.contents.keys.map(transform))
    }

    /// Returns a single value by iteratively combining each element of the Set.
    public func reduce<U>(var initial: U, combine: (U, T) -> U) -> U {
        return Swift.reduce(self, initial, combine)
    }
}

// MARK: SequenceType

extension Set : SequenceType {
    typealias Generator = MapSequenceGenerator<DictionaryGenerator<T, Bool>, T>
    
    /// Creates a generator for the items of the set.
    public func generate() -> Generator {
        return contents.keys.generate()
    }
}

// MARK: ArrayLiteralConvertible

extension Set : ArrayLiteralConvertible {
    public static func convertFromArrayLiteral(elements: T...) -> Set<T> {
        return Set(elements)
    }
}

// MARK: Set Operations

extension Set {
    /// Returns `true` if the Set has the exact same members as `set`.
    public func isEqualToSet(set: Set<T>) -> Bool {
        return self.contents == set.contents
    }
    
    /// Returns `true` if the Set shares any members with `set`.
    public func intersectsWithSet(set: Set<T>) -> Bool {
        for elem in self {
            if set.contains(elem) {
                return true
            }
        }
        return false
    }

    /// Returns `true` if all members of the Set are part of `set`.
    public func isSubsetOfSet(set: Set<T>) -> Bool {
        for elem in self {
            if !set.contains(elem) {
                return false
            }
        }
        return true
    }

    /// Returns `true` if all members of `set` are part of the Set.
    public func isSupersetOfSet(set: Set<T>) -> Bool {
        return set.isSubsetOfSet(self)
    }

    /// Modifies the Set to add all members of `set`.
    public mutating func unionSet(set: Set<T>) {
        for elem in set {
            self.add(elem)
        }
    }

    /// Modifies the Set to remove any members also in `set`.
    public mutating func subtractSet(set: Set<T>) {
        for elem in set {
            self.remove(elem)
        }
    }
    
    /// Modifies the Set to include only members that are also in `set`.
    public mutating func intersectSet(set: Set<T>) {
        self = self.filter { set.contains($0) }
    }
    
    /// Returns a new Set that contains all the elements of both this set and the set passed in.
    public func setByUnionWithSet(var set: Set<T>) -> Set<T> {
        set.extend(self)
        return set
    }

    /// Returns a new Set that contains only the elements in both this set and the set passed in.
    public func setByIntersectionWithSet(var set: Set<T>) -> Set<T> {
        set.intersectSet(self)
        return set
    }

    /// Returns a new Set that contains only the elements in this set *not* also in the set passed in.
    public func setBySubtractingSet(set: Set<T>) -> Set<T> {
        var newSet = self
        newSet.subtractSet(set)
        return newSet
    }
}

// MARK: ExtensibleCollectionType

extension Set : ExtensibleCollectionType {
    typealias Index = Int
    public var startIndex: Int { return 0 }
    public var endIndex: Int { return self.count }

    public subscript(i: Int) -> Element {
        return Array(self.contents.keys)[i]
    }

    public mutating func reserveCapacity(n: Int) {
        // can't really do anything with this
    }
    
    /// Adds newElement to the Set.
    public mutating func append(newElement: Element) {
        self.add(newElement)
    }
    
    /// Extends the Set by adding all the elements of `seq`.
    public mutating func extend<S : SequenceType where S.Generator.Element == Element>(seq: S) {
        Swift.map(seq) { self.contents[$0] = true }
    }
}

// MARK: Printable

extension Set : Printable, DebugPrintable {
    public var description: String {
        return "Set(\(self.elements))"
    }

    public var debugDescription: String {
        return description
    }
}

// MARK: Operators

public func +=<T>(inout lhs: Set<T>, rhs: T) {
    lhs.add(rhs)
}

public func +=<T>(inout lhs: Set<T>, rhs: Set<T>) {
    lhs.unionSet(rhs)
}

public func +<T>(lhs: Set<T>, rhs: Set<T>) -> Set<T> {
    return lhs.setByUnionWithSet(rhs)
}

public func ==<T>(lhs: Set<T>, rhs: Set<T>) -> Bool {
    return lhs.isEqualToSet(rhs)
}



// MARK: - Tests

let vowelSet = Set("aeiou")
let alphabetSet = Set("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
let emptySet = Set<Int>()

assert(vowelSet.isSubsetOfSet(alphabetSet) == true)
assert(vowelSet.isSupersetOfSet(alphabetSet) == false)
assert(alphabetSet.isSupersetOfSet(vowelSet) == true)
assert(emptySet.isEmpty)
assert(vowelSet.count == 5)
assert(vowelSet.contains("b") == false)

var mutableVowelSet = vowelSet
mutableVowelSet.add("a")
assert(mutableVowelSet.count == 5)
mutableVowelSet += "y"
assert(mutableVowelSet.count == 6)
mutableVowelSet += Set("åáâäàéêèëíîïìøóôöòúûüù")

assert(mutableVowelSet.intersectsWithSet(alphabetSet) == true)
assert(mutableVowelSet.isSubsetOfSet(alphabetSet) == false)
var newLetterSet = alphabetSet.setByIntersectionWithSet(mutableVowelSet)
newLetterSet.remove("y")
assert(newLetterSet == vowelSet)

let bracketedLetterSet = vowelSet.map { "[\($0)]" }
assert(bracketedLetterSet.contains("[a]") == true)



// MARK: - Timing

func timeBlock(block: () -> Int) -> (Int, NSTimeInterval) {
	let start = NSDate()
	let result = block()
	return (result, NSDate().timeIntervalSinceDate(start))
}

var timedSet = Set<Int>()
var timedArray = Array<Int>()

let (setCreatedCount, setCreatedTime) = timeBlock { 
	for _ in 1...1_000 {
		let num = Int(arc4random_uniform(1_000))
		timedSet.add(num)
	}
	return timedSet.count
}
println("Set added \(setCreatedCount) unique elements in \(setCreatedTime).")

let (setMatchedCount, setMatchedTime) = timeBlock { 
	var matchCount = 0
	for _ in 1...1_000 {
		let num = Int(arc4random_uniform(1_000))
		if timedSet.contains(num) {
			++matchCount
		}
	}
	return matchCount
}
println("Set matched \(setMatchedCount) elements out of 1000 in \(setMatchedTime).")

let (arrayCreatedCount, arrayCreatedTime) = timeBlock { 
	for _ in 1...1_000 {
		let num = Int(arc4random_uniform(1_000))
		timedArray.append(num)
	}
	return timedArray.count
}
println("Array added \(arrayCreatedCount) elements in \(arrayCreatedTime).")

let (arrayMatchedCount, arrayMatchedTime) = timeBlock { 
	var matchCount = 0
	for _ in 1...1_000 {
		let num = Int(arc4random_uniform(1_000))
		if contains(timedArray, num) {
			++matchCount
		}
	}
	return matchCount
}
println("Array matched \(arrayMatchedCount) elements out of 1000 in \(arrayMatchedTime).")

println()
println("Array \(Int(setCreatedTime / arrayCreatedTime))x faster at creation than Set.")
println("Set \(Int(arrayMatchedTime / setMatchedTime))x faster at lookup than Array.")

/*
Set added 637 unique elements in 1.2172309756279.
Set matched 650 elements out of 1000 in 0.00271201133728027.
Array added 1000 elements in 0.00527894496917725.
Array matched 612 elements out of 1000 in 2.09512096643448.

Array 230x faster at creation than Set.
Set 772x faster at lookup than Array.
*/

This is a great class, but I do not believe it works with the latest Xcode. It looks like they have changed the ArrayLiteralConvertible extension

Try to rewrite that extension as:

extension Set : ArrayLiteralConvertible {
    init(arrayLiteral elements: T...) {
        self.init(elements)
    }
}