Swift Language Functional Programming in Swift Using Filter with Structs
Example
Frequently you may want to filter structures and other complex data types. Searching an array of structs for entries that contain a particular value is a very common task, and easily achieved in Swift using functional programming features. What's more, the code is extremely succinct.
struct Painter {
enum Type { case Impressionist, Expressionist, Surrealist, Abstract, Pop }
var firstName: String
var lastName: String
var type: Type
}
let painters = [
Painter(firstName: "Claude", lastName: "Monet", type: .Impressionist),
Painter(firstName: "Edgar", lastName: "Degas", type: .Impressionist),
Painter(firstName: "Egon", lastName: "Schiele", type: .Expressionist),
Painter(firstName: "George", lastName: "Grosz", type: .Expressionist),
Painter(firstName: "Mark", lastName: "Rothko", type: .Abstract),
Painter(firstName: "Jackson", lastName: "Pollock", type: .Abstract),
Painter(firstName: "Pablo", lastName: "Picasso", type: .Surrealist),
Painter(firstName: "Andy", lastName: "Warhol", type: .Pop)
]
// list the expressionists
dump(painters.filter({$0.type == .Expressionist}))
// count the expressionists
dump(painters.filter({$0.type == .Expressionist}).count)
// prints "2"
// combine filter and map for more complex operations, for example listing all
// non-impressionist and non-expressionists by surname
dump(painters.filter({$0.type != .Impressionist && $0.type != .Expressionist})
.map({$0.lastName}).joinWithSeparator(", "))
// prints "Rothko, Pollock, Picasso, Warhol"
