[swift-evolution] Proposal: Add function SequenceType.find()

[Kevin Ballard]

Good thought, but I doubt such a method would pull its own weight.

-Kevin Ballard

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015, at 04:24 PM, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky wrote:
> Is it worth considering a version that returns a tuple of (index,
> element) ?
>
> Nevin
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Keith Smiley via swift-evolution <swift-
> evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> +1. We've added an extension for this and find it very useful. On
>> Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 18:38 Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <swift-
>> evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>>> __
>>> I'm proposing a new extension method on SequenceType called find().
>>> It's similar to CollectionType.indexOf() except it returns the
>>> element:
>>>
>>> extensionSequenceType {


>>> /// Returns the first element where `predicate` returns `true`,
>>> or `nil`


>>> /// if such value is not found.


>>> public func find(@noescape predicate: (Self.Generator.Element)
>>> throws -> Bool) rethrows -> Self.Generator.Element? {


>>> for elt in self {


>>> if try predicate(elt) {


>>> return elt


>>> }


>>> }


>>> return nil


>>> }


>>> }


>>>
>>> -Kevin Ballard
>>>
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