[swift-evolution] Shortcut for creating arrays

[Arsen Gasparyan]

I want to find a conciseness and simplicity solution. But
componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whiteCharacterSet()) scares
me :)

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:39 PM James Campbell <james at supmenow.com> wrote:

> Exactly
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> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 9:38 AM -0700, "Ross O'Brien" <
> narrativium+swift at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A function that splits by whitespace would be this:
>>
>> "h j c
>> k".componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whiteCharacterSet())
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>> 'componentsSeparatedByWhitespace' might be a nice addition as a shortcut
>> for that though?
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>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:38 PM, James Campbell <james at supmenow.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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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