Working with Arrays in Swift: Basics and Operations

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March 21, 2024
Working with Arrays in Swift

Working with Arrays in Swift

Arrays are fundamental data structures in Swift that allow you to store collections of values of the same type. Working with arrays is a common task in programming, and Swift provides a variety of methods and properties to manipulate and access array elements efficiently.

Let's start by declaring an array in Swift:

var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

Accessing Array Elements

You can access individual elements of an array using square brackets and the index of the element:

let firstElement = numbers[0]
print(firstElement) // Output: 1}

Adding Elements to an Array

To add elements to an array, you can use the `append()` method:

numbers.append(6)
print(numbers) // Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

Removing Elements from an Array

To remove elements from an array, you can use the `remove(at:)` method:

numbers.remove(at: 2)
print(numbers) // Output: [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]}

Iterating Over an Array

You can iterate over the elements of an array using a for-in loop:

for number in numbers {
    print(number)
}

Checking Array Size

You can get the number of elements in an array using the `count` property:

let arraySize = numbers.count
print(arraySize) // Output: 5}

These are just some basic operations you can perform with arrays in Swift. Arrays are versatile and powerful data structures that can be used in various scenarios to store and manipulate collections of data efficiently.