Swift is a multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple for iOS and OS X development.
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Extract regex matches with non matching parts
I want to check a string by using multiple search patterns and split the string at every occurrence. I'm using RegEx and it works fine. But I'm worrying about efficiency and performance.
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Accessing a UIView's parent UIViewController using the UIResponder chain
I recently found a static C function on Stack Overflow which returns a UIViewController reference from a containing subview using the responder chain:
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Swift FloatingPoint rounded to places
I'm playing a bit with extensions for default protocols in Swift 3.0.
I would like to implement rounded(toPlaces places: Int) -> Self for ...
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Creating an area graph in iOS
I am trying to create an area graph from the upper and lower limit values.
First I created two line graph from those points as:
Sample data points are:
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View controllers and delegation for a weightlifting app in Swift
I've got several UIViewControllers that are trying to do too much so I'm trying to learn how to clean them up so that they only have code that does UI things (...
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Calling a method only once in an updateScore function in SpriteKit
This works fine, but obviously it's messy and I'm thinking there has to be a better way to do this. Having to constantly remember to flip the bool back is a pain, is there anything else I can do here? ...
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A custom UIView with gradient fill, border, and variable corner radii
Here is a swift port of UIView subclass that I use often in my apps. It allows me to easily set gradients in place of the backgroundColor property, and also makes it very easy to create views that ...
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Signing a String using an identity and trust from a PKCS #12 Bundle
One of the requirements of a third-party SDK I am integrating with is to sign an identifier string with the identity from a p12 certificate. This code loads a p12 certificate from the application's ...
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AES-128 Encryption/Decryption of NSData
I recently found an Objective-C extension on NSData that encodes and decodes data with AES-128. I made an attempt to port this code to Swift 2.2:
NSData+AES.swift
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Calculating the tip and tax portions for a refund amount
refundableSale is a PMSale object with properties refundableTip, ...
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Chop off trailing newline for Swift's NSAttributedString
I've made this extension but I'm touchy around NSAttributedStrings, keenly aware that Swift refuses to use the traditional notion of integer lengths on Unicode <...
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LeetCode Counting Bits in Swift
I solve this problem in Swift. I am looking for a code review, thanks!
Given a non negative integer number num. For every numbers i in the
range 0 ≤ i ≤ num calculate the number of 1's in their ...
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Efficient way in Swift to trim an array
Let's say I have a struct…
struct Person {
let isMale: Bool
let name: String
}
and an array of Person structs. I want ...
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Spawning nodes with random time interval in SpriteKit
I want to spawn objects with random time interval (from 1 to 3 seconds).
I've wrote this function:
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Proper cellForRowAtIndexPath cell return in Swift
So I have started creating a UITableView with multiple prototype cells. I currently have the below code setup, which works fine
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Safe init using failable guarded initializer
I am wondering if that is a safe and proper init, with one failable init guarded and an init.
Are the force-unwrap correct in the self.init as I know they are ...
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Registering Pokémon weaknesses
I recently answered a question that had me wondering if I could simplify this below code without creating an extra function:
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Adding or editing a child
I have a class which will add or edit a child. So whenever I click on "save," I need to check the child image. If it's an image, then I need to upload to the image server. Once that's done only, I ...
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Big Nerd Ranch Bronze Challenge: Disallow Alphabetic Characters
I just completed BNR's bronze challenge for disallowing alphabetic characters, and would love some feedback on what I did right and wrong, and how I can improve my code for reusability and ...
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Swift inheritance versus composition
Say I'm using Parse Server and utilising the PFObject class from the iOS SDK. Say I want to have a Chat class.
To use inheritance code (design 1):
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Hackerrank Simple Text Editor in Swift
I solve this problem in Swift. However, some cases I got terminated due to timeout because the solution isn't efficient enough. I did check the solutions and they are correct. Any tips on making it ...
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Water flowing swiftly over farmland – The August 2016 Community Challenge
This is my attempt to solve the August 2016 Community Challenge in Swift. I tried to implement the algorithm
described by @200_success:
Each Cell keeps track ...
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Swift HackerRank Balanced Brackets
I solved this stack problem in Swift. Looking for any feedback on my code:
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Swift Hackerrank Maximum Element in a Stack
I solve this problem in Swift. I'm not sure if using an array was the right way to approach it since the problem was on stacks. Any feedback on my code is appreciated:
You have an empty sequence, ...
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Postponed Prime Sieve in Swift
Motivated by this question, I looked out for other "infinite prime generators", i.e. functions which produce the list of prime numbers in increasing order and do not have an a-priori upper limit (such ...
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Unbounded Sieve of Eratosthenes in Swift
I've spent a while teaching myself Swift, and decided to take on the challenge of writing an unbounded Sieve of Eratosthenes to challenge myself. This is actually the first time I've written an ...
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Hackerrank Sparse Arrays in Swift
I solved this problem and was looking for feedback on my code. More efficient, cleaner, more verbose variable names, anything helps.
There are N strings. Each string's length is no more than 20 ...
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Concatenating an array of optional NSAttributedStrings
Imagine you had to join together attributed strings with a separator in between them. Which of the following methods would you use?
An extension on SequenceType with a function that takes in a ...
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HackerRank Array left rotation using Swift
I solve this problem in Swift. Looking for feedback on my code or a better solution:
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Swift Hackerrank Dynamic Array
I've solved this question. Wasn't sure if I was suppose to use a dictionary in this case, as the question was to use a dynamic array, but I didnt know how else to do it. Was wondering if I can get ...
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Class for exposing information with computer properties (getters)
I need some advice on my code structure. I have read that setters and getters break one of the OOP principals, encapsulation, and that we should avoid them if possible but I cannot think of any other ...
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Swift Hackerrank 2D Array
I solved this question in Swift, but was wondering if there is a better way or if my code can be improved:
Given a 6x6 2D Array:
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NSFetchedResultsController Container
This is a wrapper for multiple NSFetchedResultsControllers. Essentially, a drop in replacement for NSFetchedResultsController to ...
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Hex String to Bytes (NSData)
I'm trying to convert this Objective-C code (originally found in this Stack Overflow question) which turns an NSString into ...
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Core location background update and upload to server
I want to upload a user's location to a server to send them a location-sensitive alert, so the location needs to be fairly accurate:
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Correct Swift Model for JSON
I am working on a program that would generate swift classes/ structures for JSON file contents.
The link to the application is Json2Model in case you want to contribute directly.
I do not know a ...
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didSimulatePhysics to animate a ball, taking 45% of CPU
According to my time profiler this is taking 45% of my cpu usage: have tried to optimize, and someone on stack overflow -- recommended to post here. Time profiler says 99% of the time is spent on the ...
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Expandable tableView cells
What I wanted to achieve is tableView with clickable cells, anytime somebody click a certain cell, another cell with picker, UITextField etc appears below, it's like a dropdown menu.
When browsing ...
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Export class instances to a string (for sharing, backup) and importing them
I have a class (Patient) with many instances.. I need a way to share the instances with other users, so I thought of converting the instance into a string and sharing it, then reconverting it into an ...
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Passing an NSManagedObjectContext
I've been experimenting with how to pass my managed object context throughout my application in Core Data and I came across an approach that I'd like reviewed.
I've been creating a protocol for all ...
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Queue class with enqueue and dequeue
I am just learning swift and tried to make a queue class with enqueue and dequeue.
The node holds the data for each element
The enqueue adds an element to the "queue"
The dequeue deletes the first ...
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Implementing joinWithSeparator on a Character array
I recently answered a Stack Overflow question about transforming an array of Characters into a String in Swift. Looking at the question and the Swift standard lib, it appears that there is a method <...
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A generic AVL tree with SequenceType, CollectionType and ArrayLiteralConvertible extensions
I'm learning Swift and trying get a good understanding of some of its many features. The following is an AVL tree implementation with extensions that conform to ...
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Saving Core Data records with one-to-many relationship
This is an weightlifting app that allows the user to maintain a log of lifts (LiftEvent) and information about each lift (Lift).
I'd like to know if this is an acceptable way to save a 'record' with ...
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Copy-on-write linked list with value semantics
I'm implementing a SinglyLinkedList struct that uses a private Node class in its implementation. (See this Gist.)
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Weightlifting calculator
I'm building a simple iOS app using Swift that calculates the One Rep Max weight a user can theoretically lift. User inputs a weight lifted, the number of repetitions and the app uses one of several ...
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Table View Controller for selecting and saving user default preferences in an iOS app
This is the Swift code from one of the view controllers in my app that calculates a one rep maximum weight a person can theoretically lift. This particular view controller presents a list in a ...
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Check if a number is prime
I'm looking for feedback on the following code which checks if a number is prime using Swift 2.
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Abstraction of NSNotification that removes the existing observer for a notification when a new observer is added
I ran into a problem in my app where under some conditions, a view controller might be loaded more than once before its deinit (where I was previously removing the observer) is ever called. So the ...
