[swift-evolution] Shortcut for creating arrays

[Ross O'Brien]

A function that splits by whitespace would be this:

"h j c
k".componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whiteCharacterSet())

'componentsSeparatedByWhitespace' might be a nice addition as a shortcut
for that though?


On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:38 PM, James Campbell <james at supmenow.com> wrote:

> 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 <
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>> 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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