I have a structure like [[[ ]]]
which I want to convert to []
.
E.g. [ [ [ "Hi" ] ] ]
into [ "Hi" ]
How can I do this in Swift?
I have a structure like [[[ ]]]
which I want to convert to []
.
E.g. [ [ [ "Hi" ] ] ]
into [ "Hi" ]
How can I do this in Swift?
joined()
returns (a lazy view of) the elements of an collection, concatenated. This can be applied repeatedly for
deeper nested collections:
let arr = [ [ [ "A", "B" ], ["C"] ], [ [ "D", "E" ], ["F"] ] ]
let flattened = Array(arr.joined().joined())
print(flattened) // ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"]
The outer Array()
constructor builds an array from the sequence.
Apart from that, no intermediate arrays are created.
If you just want to iterate over the nested array then the joined sequence is sufficient:
for elem in arr.joined().joined() {
print(elem)
}
Use reduce(_:_:)
with your array this way.
let array = [[["One","Two","Three"],["Four","Five"]],[["Six"]]]
let newArray = array.reduce([]) { $0 + $1.reduce([]){ $0 + $1 } }
print(newArray) //["One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six"]
This is exactly what flatMap() does:
let arr = [ [ [ "A", "B" ], ["C"] ], [ [ "D", "E" ], ["F"] ] ]
// each call reduces the array by one dimension
let flattened = arr.flatMap{$0}.flatMap{$0}
// returns ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"]
you can use join as
let numbers = [[1,2,3],[4],[5,6,7,8,9]]
let newArray = Array(numbers.joined().joined())
print(newArray)//[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]]