[swift-evolution] Shortcut for creating arrays

[James Campbell]

Pehaps we could have a function that splits by whitespace.

"h j c k".split()

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On 8 April 2016 at 15:05, Ross O'Brien via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Well, you can do this already:
> let words = "rats live on no evil star".componentsSeparatedByString(" ")
> so I don't know how much a shortcut is needed.
>
> And given '%w' would currently be impossible in Swift as an operator
> containing a letter, is there a Swiftier function name or operator for this?
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Arsen Gasparyan via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> Very often we need to create an array strings. It's a routine task and I
>> really like shortcut in Ruby that shortcut makes everyday coding a little
>> bit easier and fun:
>>
>>    words = %w[rats live on no evil star]
>>
>> What do you think about adding something like this in Swift?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Arsen
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