String interpolation in Swift - string

A function in swift takes any numeric type in Swift (Int, Double, Float, UInt, etc).
the function converts the number to a string
the function signature is as follows :
func swiftNumbers <T : NumericType> (number : T) -> String {
//body
}
NumericType is a custom protocol that has been added to numeric types in Swift.
inside the body of the function, the number should be converted to a string:
I use the following
var stringFromNumber = "\(number)"
which is not so elegant, PLUS : if the absolute value of the number is strictly inferior to 0.0001 it gives this:
"\(0.000099)" //"9.9e-05"
or if the number is a big number :
"\(999999999999999999.9999)" //"1e+18"
is there a way to work around this string interpolation limitation? (without using Objective-C)
P.S :
NumberFormater doesn't work either
import Foundation
let number : NSNumber = 9_999_999_999_999_997
let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.minimumFractionDigits = 20
formatter.minimumIntegerDigits = 20
formatter.minimumSignificantDigits = 40
formatter.string(from: number) // "9999999999999996.000000000000000000000000"
let stringFromNumber = String(format: "%20.20f", number) // "0.00000000000000000000"

Swift String Interpolation
1) Adding different types to a string
2) Means the string is created from a mix of constants, variables, literals or expressions.
Example:
let length:Float = 3.14
var breadth = 10
var myString = "Area of a rectangle is length*breadth"
myString = "\(myString) i.e. = \(length)*\(breadth)"
Output:
3.14
10
Area of a rectangle is length*breadth
Area of a rectangle is length*breadth i.e. = 3.14*10

Use the Swift String initializer: String(format: <#String#>, arguments: <#[CVarArgType]#>)
For example:
let stringFromNumber = String(format: "%.2f", number)

String and Characters conforms to StringInterpolationProtocol protocol which provide more power to the strings.
StringInterpolationProtocol - "Represents the contents of a string literal with interpolations while it’s being built up."
String interpolation has been around since the earliest days of Swift, but in Swift 5.0 it’s getting a massive overhaul to make it faster and more powerful.
let name = "Ashwinee Dhakde"
print("Hello, I'm \(name)")
Using the new string interpolation system in Swift 5.0 we can extend String.StringInterpolation to add our own custom interpolations, like this:
extension String.StringInterpolation {
mutating func appendInterpolation(_ value: Date) {
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateStyle = .full
let dateString = formatter.string(from: value)
appendLiteral(dateString)
}
}
Usage: print("Today's date is \(Date()).")
We can even provide user-defined names to use String-Interpolation, let's understand with an example.
extension String.StringInterpolation {
mutating func appendInterpolation(JSON JSONData: Data) {
guard
let JSONObject = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: JSONData, options: []),
let jsonData = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: JSONObject, options: .prettyPrinted) else {
appendInterpolation("Invalid JSON data")
return
}
appendInterpolation("\n\(String(decoding: jsonData, as: UTF8.self))")
}
}
print("The JSON is \(JSON: jsonData)")
Whenever we want to provide "JSON" in the string interpolation statement, it will print the .prettyPrinted
Isn't it cool!!

Related

Swift - best practice to find the longest string at [String] array

I'm trying to find what is the most effective way to get the longest string in a string array. For example :
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
and the outcome will be - "Game Of Thrones is just good"
I've tried using the maxElement func, tho it's give the max string in a alphabetic ideas(maxElement()).
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Instead of sorting which is O(n log(n)) for a good sort, use max(by:) which is O(n) on Array providing it a closure to compare string lengths:
Swift 4:
For Swift 4 you can get the string length with the count property on String:
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
if let max = array.max(by: {$1.count > $0.count}) {
print(max)
}
Swift 3:
Use .characters.count on String to get the string lengths:
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
if let max = array.max(by: {$1.characters.count > $0.characters.count}) {
print(max)
}
Swift 2:
Use maxElement on Array providing it a closure to compare string lengths:
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
if let max = array.maxElement({$1.characters.count > $0.characters.count}) {
print(max)
}
Note: maxElement is O(n). A good sort is O(n log(n)), so for large arrays, this will be much faster than sorting.
You can use reduce to do this. It will iterate through your array, keeping track of the current longest string, and then return it when finished.
For example:
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
if let longestString = array.reduce(Optional<String>.None, combine:{$0?.characters.count > $1.characters.count ? $0:$1}) {
print(longestString) // "Game Of Thrones is just good"
}
(Note that Optional.None is now Optional.none in Swift 3)
This uses an nil starting value to account for the fact that the array could be empty, as pointed out by #JHZ (it will return nil in that case). If you know your array has at least one element, you can simplify it to:
let longestString = array.reduce("") {$0.characters.count > $1.characters.count ? $0:$1}
Because it only iterates through each element once, it will quicker than using sort(). I did a quick benchmark and sort() appears around 20x slower (although no point in premature optimisation, I feel it is worth mentioning).
Edit: I recommend you go with #vacawama's solution as it's even cleaner than reduce!
Here you go:
let array = ["I'm Roi","I'm asking here","Game Of Thrones is just good"]
var sortedArr = array.sort() { $0.characters.count > $1.characters.count }
let longestEelement = sortedArr[0]
You can also practice with the use of Generics by creating this function:
func longestString<T:Sequence>(from stringsArray: T) -> String where T.Iterator.Element == String{
return (stringsArray.max {$0.count < $1.count}) ?? ""
}
Explanation: Create a function named longestString. Declar that there is a generic type T that implements the Sequence protocol (Sequence is defined here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/sequence). The function will return a single String (of course, the longest). The where clause explains that the generic type T should be limited to having elements of type String.
Inside the function, call the max function of the stringsArray by comparing the longest string of the elements inside. What will be returned is the longest String (an optional as it can be nil if the array is empty). If the longest string is nil then (use of ??) returns an empty string as the longest string instead.
Now call it:
let longestA = longestString(from:["Shekinah", "Chesedh", "Agape Sophia"])
If you get the hang of using generics, even if the strings are hidden inside objects, you can make use of the pattern of coding above. You can change the element to objects of the same class (Person for example).
Thus:
class Person {
let name: String
init(name: String){
self.name = name
}
}
func longestName<T:Sequence>(from stringsArray: T) -> String where T.Iterator.Element == Person{
return (stringsArray.max {$0.name.count < $1.name.count})?.name ?? ""
}
Then call the function like these:
let longestB = longestName(from:[Person(name: "Shekinah"), Person(name: "Chesedh"), Person(name: "Agape Sophia")])
You also get to rename your function based on the appropriateness of its use. You can tweak the pattern to return something else, like the object itself, or the length (count) of the String. And finally, becoming familiar with generics may improve your coding ability.
Now, with a little tweak again, you may extend further so that you can compare strings owned by many different types as long as they implement a common protocol.
protocol Nameable {
var name: String {get}
}
This defines a protocol named Nameable that requires those who implement to have a name variable of type String. Next, we define two different things that both implement the protocol.
class Person: Nameable {
let name: String
init(name: String){
self.name = name
}
}
struct Pet: Nameable {
let name: String
}
Then we tweak our generic function so that it requires that the elements must conform to Nameable, vastly different though they are.
func longestName<T:Sequence>(from stringsArray: T) -> String where T.Iterator.Element == Nameable{
return (stringsArray.max {$0.name.count < $1.name.count})?.name ?? ""
}
Let's collect the different objects into an array. Then call our function.
let myFriends: [Nameable] = [Pet(name: "Bailey"), Person(name: "Agape Sophia")]
let longestC = longestName(from: myFriends)
Lastly, after knowing "where" above and "Sequence" above, you may simply extend Sequence:
extension Sequence where Iterator.Element == String {
func topString() -> String {
self.max(by: { $0.count < $1.count }) ?? ""
}
}
Or the protocol type:
extension Sequence where Iterator.Element == Nameable {
func theLongestName() -> Nameable? {
self.max(by: { $0.name.count < $1.name.count })
}
}

Swift OS X String to Int Conversion Error

I'm having trouble converting a String to Int in my Swift OS X Xcode project. I have some data saved in a text file in a comma delimited format. The contents of the text file is below:
1,Cessna 172,3,54.4,124,38.6112
(and a line break at the end)
I read the text file and seperate it, first by \n to get each line by itself, and then by , to get each element by itself. The code to do this is below:
if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {
let path = dir.stringByAppendingPathComponent("FSPassengers/aircraft.txt")
do {
let content = try NSString(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
if content != "" {
let astrContent:[String] = content.componentsSeparatedByString("\n")
for aeroplane in astrContent {
let aSeperated:[String] = aeroplane.componentsSeparatedByString(",")
print(aSeperated[0])
print(Int(aSeperated[0]))
//self.aAircraft.append(Aircraft(id: aSeperated[0], type: aSeperated[1], passengerCapacity: Int(aSeperated[2])!, cargoCapacityKg: Double(aSeperated[3])!, cruiseSpeed: Int(aSeperated[4])!, fuelLitresPerHour: Double(aSeperated[5])!))
}
}
}
catch {
print("Error")
}
}
The end result here will be to assign each record (each line of the text file) into the array aAircraft. This array is made up of a custom object called Aircraft. The custom class is below:
class Aircraft: NSObject {
var id:Int = Int()
var type:String = String()
var passengerCapacity:Int = Int()
var cargoCapacityKg:Double = Double()
var cruiseSpeed:Int = Int()
var fuelLitresPerHour:Double = Double()
override init() {}
init(id:Int, type:String, passengerCapacity:Int, cargoCapacityKg:Double, cruiseSpeed:Int, fuelLitresPerHour:Double) {
self.id = id
self.type = type
self.passengerCapacity = passengerCapacity
self.cargoCapacityKg = cargoCapacityKg
self.cruiseSpeed = cruiseSpeed
self.fuelLitresPerHour = fuelLitresPerHour
}
}
In the first code extract above, where I split the text file contents and attempt to assign them into the array, you will see that I have commented out the append line. I have done this to get the application to compile, at the moment it is throwing me errors.
The error revolves around the conversion of the String values to Int and Double values as required. For example, Aircraft.id, or aSeperated[0] needs to be an Int. You can see that I use the line Int(aSeperated[0]) to convert the String to Int in order to assign it into the custom object. However, this line of code is failing.
The two print statements in the first code extract output the following values:
1
Optional(1)
If I add a ! to the end of the second print statement to make them:
print(aSeperated[0])
print(Int(aSeperated[0])!)
I get the following output:
I understand what the error means, that it tried to unwrap an optional value because I force unwrapped it, and it couldn't find an Int value within the string I passed to it, but I don't understand why I am getting the error. The string value is 1, which is very clearly an integer. What am I doing wrong?
Because Casena 172 is not convertible to an Int. You also have other decimal numbers which you will lose precision when casting them to Int. Use NSScanner to create an initializer from a CSV string:
init(csvString: String) {
let scanner = NSScanner(string: csvString)
var type: NSString?
scanner.scanInteger(&self.id)
scanner.scanLocation += 1
scanner.scanUpToString(",", intoString: &type)
self.type = type as! String
scanner.scanLocation += 1
scanner.scanInteger(&self.passengerCapacity)
scanner.scanLocation += 1
scanner.scanDouble(&self.cargoCapacityKg)
scanner.scanLocation += 1
scanner.scanInteger(&self.cruiseSpeed)
scanner.scanLocation += 1
scanner.scanDouble(&self.fuelLitresPerHour)
}
Usage:
let aircraft = Aircraft(csvString: "1,Cessna 172,3,54.4,124,38.6112")
As #mrkxbt mentioned, the issue was related to the blank line after the data in the text file. The string was being split at the \n which was assigning two values into the array. The first value was a string containing the data and the second was an empty string, so obviously the second set of splitting (by ,) was failing. Amended and working code is below:
if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {
let path = dir.stringByAppendingPathComponent("FSPassengers/aircraft.txt")
do {
let content = try NSString(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
if content != "" {
let astrContent:[String] = content.componentsSeparatedByString("\n")
for aeroplane in astrContent {
if aeroplane != "" {
let aSeperated:[String] = aeroplane.componentsSeparatedByString(",")
print(aSeperated[0])
print(Int(aSeperated[0])!)
self.aAircraft.append(Aircraft(id: Int(aSeperated[0])!, type: aSeperated[1], passengerCapacity: Int(aSeperated[2])!, cargoCapacityKg: Double(aSeperated[3])!, cruiseSpeed: Int(aSeperated[4])!, fuelLitresPerHour: Double(aSeperated[5])!))
}
}
}
}
catch {
print("Error")
}
}

Convert String.Index to Int or Range<String.Index> to NSRange

So I've found issues relating to the case of converting NSRange to Range<String.Index>, but I've actually run into the opposite problem.
Quite simply, I have a String and a Range<String.Index> and need to convert the latter into an NSRange for use with an older function.
So far my only workaround has been to grab a substring instead like so:
func foo(theString: String, inRange: Range<String.Index>?) -> Bool {
let theSubString = (nil == inRange) ? theString : theString.substringWithRange(inRange!)
return olderFunction(theSubString, NSMakeRange(0, countElements(theSubString)))
}
This works of course, but it isn't very pretty, I'd much rather avoid having to grab a sub-string and just use the range itself somehow, is this possible?
If you look into the definition of String.Index you find:
struct Index : BidirectionalIndexType, Comparable, Reflectable {
/// Returns the next consecutive value after `self`.
///
/// Requires: the next value is representable.
func successor() -> String.Index
/// Returns the previous consecutive value before `self`.
///
/// Requires: the previous value is representable.
func predecessor() -> String.Index
/// Returns a mirror that reflects `self`.
func getMirror() -> MirrorType
}
So actually there is no way to convert it to Int and that for good reason. Depending on the encoding of the string the single characters occupy a different number of bytes. The only way would be to count how many successor operations are needed to reach the desired String.Index.
Edit The definition of String has changed over the various Swift versions but it's basically the same answer. To see the very current definition just CMD-click on a String definition in XCode to get to the root (works for other types as well).
The distanceTo is an extension which goes to a variety of protocols. Just look for it in the String source after the CMD-click.
let index: Int = string.startIndex.distanceTo(range.startIndex)
I don't know which version introduced it, but in Swift 4.2 you can easily convert between the two.
To convert Range<String.Index> to NSRange:
let range = s[s.startIndex..<s.endIndex]
let nsRange = NSRange(range, in: s)
To convert NSRange to Range<String.Index>:
let nsRange = NSMakeRange(0, 4)
let range = Range(nsRange, in: s)
Keep in mind that NSRange is UTF-16 based, while Range<String.Index> is Character based.
Hence you can't just use counts and positions to convert between the two!
In Swift 4, distanceTo() is deprecated. You may have to convert String to NSString to take advantage of its -[NSString rangeOfString:] method, which returns an NSRange.
Swift 4 Complete Solution:
OffsetIndexableCollection (String using Int Index)
https://github.com/frogcjn/OffsetIndexableCollection-String-Int-Indexable-
let a = "01234"
print(a[0]) // 0
print(a[0...4]) // 01234
print(a[...]) // 01234
print(a[..<2]) // 01
print(a[...2]) // 012
print(a[2...]) // 234
print(a[2...3]) // 23
print(a[2...2]) // 2
if let number = a.index(of: "1") {
print(number) // 1
print(a[number...]) // 1234
}
if let number = a.index(where: { $0 > "1" }) {
print(number) // 2
}
You can use this function and call it when ever you need convertion
extension String
{
func CnvIdxTooIntFnc(IdxPsgVal: Index) -> Int
{
return startIndex.distanceTo(IdxPsgVal)
}
}

Defining a custom PURE Swift Character Set

So, using Foundation you can use NSCharacterSet to define character sets and test character membership in Strings. I would like to do so without Cocoa classes, but in a purely Swift manner.
Ideally, code could be used like so:
struct ReservedCharacters: CharacterSet {
characters "!", "#", "$", "&", ... etc.
func isMember(character: Character) -> Bool
func encodeCharacter(parameters) { accepts a closure }
func decodeCharacter(parameters) { accepts a closure }
}
This is probably a very loaded question. But I'd like to see what you Swifters think.
You can already test for membership in a character set by initializing a String and using the contains global function:
let vowels = "aeiou"
let isVowel = contains(vowels, "i") // isVowel == true
As far as your encode and decode functions go, are you just trying to get the 8-bit or 16-bit encodings for the Character? If that is the case then just convert them to a String and access there utf8 or utf16 properties:
let char = Character("c")
let a = Array(String(char).utf8)
println() // This prints [99]
Decode would take a little more work, but I know there's a function for it...
Edit: This will replace a character from a characterSet with '%' followed by the character's hex value:
let encode: String -> String = { s in
reduce(String(s).unicodeScalars, "") { x, y in
switch contains(charSet, Character(y)) {
case true:
return x + "%" + String(y.value, radix: 16)
default:
return x + String(y)
}
}
}
let badURL = "http://why won't this work.com"
let encoded = encode(badURL)
println(encoded) // prints "http://why%20won%27t%20this%20work.com"
Decoding, again, is a bit more challenging, but I'm sure it can be done...

Leading zeros for Int in Swift

I'd like to convert an Int in Swift to a String with leading zeros. For example consider this code:
for myInt in 1 ... 3 {
print("\(myInt)")
}
Currently the result of it is:
1
2
3
But I want it to be:
01
02
03
Is there a clean way of doing this within the Swift standard libraries?
Assuming you want a field length of 2 with leading zeros you'd do this:
import Foundation
for myInt in 1 ... 3 {
print(String(format: "%02d", myInt))
}
output:
01
02
03
This requires import Foundation so technically it is not a part of the Swift language but a capability provided by the Foundation framework. Note that both import UIKit and import Cocoa include Foundation so it isn't necessary to import it again if you've already imported Cocoa or UIKit.
The format string can specify the format of multiple items. For instance, if you are trying to format 3 hours, 15 minutes and 7 seconds into 03:15:07 you could do it like this:
let hours = 3
let minutes = 15
let seconds = 7
print(String(format: "%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds))
output:
03:15:07
With Swift 5, you may choose one of the three examples shown below in order to solve your problem.
#1. Using String's init(format:_:) initializer
Foundation provides Swift String a init(format:_:) initializer. init(format:_:) has the following declaration:
init(format: String, _ arguments: CVarArg...)
Returns a String object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted.
The following Playground code shows how to create a String formatted from Int with at least two integer digits by using init(format:_:):
import Foundation
let string0 = String(format: "%02d", 0) // returns "00"
let string1 = String(format: "%02d", 1) // returns "01"
let string2 = String(format: "%02d", 10) // returns "10"
let string3 = String(format: "%02d", 100) // returns "100"
#2. Using String's init(format:arguments:) initializer
Foundation provides Swift String a init(format:arguments:) initializer. init(format:arguments:) has the following declaration:
init(format: String, arguments: [CVarArg])
Returns a String object initialized by using a given format string as a template into which the remaining argument values are substituted according to the user’s default locale.
The following Playground code shows how to create a String formatted from Int with at least two integer digits by using init(format:arguments:):
import Foundation
let string0 = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [0]) // returns "00"
let string1 = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [1]) // returns "01"
let string2 = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [10]) // returns "10"
let string3 = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [100]) // returns "100"
#3. Using NumberFormatter
Foundation provides NumberFormatter. Apple states about it:
Instances of NSNumberFormatter format the textual representation of cells that contain NSNumber objects and convert textual representations of numeric values into NSNumber objects. The representation encompasses integers, floats, and doubles; floats and doubles can be formatted to a specified decimal position.
The following Playground code shows how to create a NumberFormatter that returns String? from a Int with at least two integer digits:
import Foundation
let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.minimumIntegerDigits = 2
let optionalString0 = formatter.string(from: 0) // returns Optional("00")
let optionalString1 = formatter.string(from: 1) // returns Optional("01")
let optionalString2 = formatter.string(from: 10) // returns Optional("10")
let optionalString3 = formatter.string(from: 100) // returns Optional("100")
For left padding add a string extension like this:
Swift 5.0 +
extension String {
func padLeft(totalWidth: Int, with byString: String) -> String {
let toPad = totalWidth - self.count
if toPad < 1 {
return self
}
return "".padding(toLength: toPad, withPad: byString, startingAt: 0) + self
}
}
Using this method:
for myInt in 1...3 {
print("\(myInt)".padLeft(totalWidth: 2, with: "0"))
}
Swift 3.0+
Left padding String extension similar to padding(toLength:withPad:startingAt:) in Foundation
extension String {
func leftPadding(toLength: Int, withPad: String = " ") -> String {
guard toLength > self.characters.count else { return self }
let padding = String(repeating: withPad, count: toLength - self.characters.count)
return padding + self
}
}
Usage:
let s = String(123)
s.leftPadding(toLength: 8, withPad: "0") // "00000123"
Swift 5
#imanuo answers is already great, but if you are working with an application full of number, you can consider an extension like this:
extension String {
init(withInt int: Int, leadingZeros: Int = 2) {
self.init(format: "%0\(leadingZeros)d", int)
}
func leadingZeros(_ zeros: Int) -> String {
if let int = Int(self) {
return String(withInt: int, leadingZeros: zeros)
}
print("Warning: \(self) is not an Int")
return ""
}
}
In this way you can call wherever:
String(withInt: 3)
// prints 03
String(withInt: 23, leadingZeros: 4)
// prints 0023
"42".leadingZeros(2)
// prints 42
"54".leadingZeros(3)
// prints 054
Using Swift 5’s fancy new extendible interpolation:
extension DefaultStringInterpolation {
mutating func appendInterpolation(pad value: Int, toWidth width: Int, using paddingCharacter: Character = "0") {
appendInterpolation(String(format: "%\(paddingCharacter)\(width)d", value))
}
}
let pieCount = 3
print("I ate \(pad: pieCount, toWidth: 3, using: "0") pies") // => `I ate 003 pies`
print("I ate \(pad: 1205, toWidth: 3, using: "0") pies") // => `I ate 1205 pies`
in Xcode 8.3.2, iOS 10.3
Thats is good to now
Sample1:
let dayMoveRaw = 5
let dayMove = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [dayMoveRaw])
print(dayMove) // 05
Sample2:
let dayMoveRaw = 55
let dayMove = String(format: "%02d", arguments: [dayMoveRaw])
print(dayMove) // 55
The other answers are good if you are dealing only with numbers using the format string, but this is good when you may have strings that need to be padded (although admittedly a little diffent than the question asked, seems similar in spirit). Also, be careful if the string is longer than the pad.
let str = "a str"
let padAmount = max(10, str.count)
String(repeatElement("-", count: padAmount - str.count)) + str
Output "-----a str"
The below code generates a 3 digits string with 0 padding in front:
import Foundation
var randomInt = Int.random(in: 0..<1000)
var str = String(randomInt)
var paddingZero = String(repeating: "0", count: 3 - str.count)
print(str, str.count, paddingZero + str)
Output:
5 1 005
88 2 088
647 3 647
Swift 4* and above you can try this also:
func leftPadding(valueString: String, toLength: Int, withPad: String = " ") -> String {
guard toLength > valueString.count else { return valueString }
let padding = String(repeating: withPad, count: toLength - valueString.count)
return padding + valueString
}
call the function:
leftPadding(valueString: "12", toLength: 5, withPad: "0")
Output:
"00012"
Details
Xcode 9.0.1, swift 4.0
Solutions
Data
import Foundation
let array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
Solution 1
extension Int {
func getString(prefix: Int) -> String {
return "\(prefix)\(self)"
}
func getString(prefix: String) -> String {
return "\(prefix)\(self)"
}
}
for item in array {
print(item.getString(prefix: 0))
}
for item in array {
print(item.getString(prefix: "0x"))
}
Solution 2
for item in array {
print(String(repeatElement("0", count: 2)) + "\(item)")
}
Solution 3
extension String {
func repeate(count: Int, string: String? = nil) -> String {
if count > 1 {
let repeatedString = string ?? self
return repeatedString + repeate(count: count-1, string: repeatedString)
}
return self
}
}
for item in array {
print("0".repeate(count: 3) + "\(item)")
}
Unlike the other answers that use a formatter, you can also just add an "0" text in front of each number inside of the loop, like this:
for myInt in 1...3 {
println("0" + "\(myInt)")
}
But formatter is often better when you have to add suppose a designated amount of 0s for each seperate number. If you only need to add one 0, though, then it's really just your pick.

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