When I use looping in Swift

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List of loops I use from frequently used to new I know what they are used for. A few more loops I forgot, this is the list I remember.

1. Standard (For — In Loop)
Such as items in an array, ranges of numbers, or characters in a string.
this example for — in loop

let items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14]
for item in items {
   print(item)
}
print(items) // 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14

2. Loop with key (For — In Loop)
Same as standard loop but this loop uses key as index. an array use enumerated and this it work :

// normal for-loop
var items = [1, 3, 10, 4, 6, 7, 14]
for (key, num) in items.enumerated() {
    items[key] = 1
}
print(items) //1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

//if use outlet collection
@IBOutlet var menuMidButtons: [UIButton]!
// from
self.menuMidButtons[0].layer.cornerRadius = self.menuMidButtons[0].frame.size.height / 2
self.menuMidButtons[1].layer.cornerRadius = self.menuMidButtons[1].frame.size.height / 2
self.menuMidButtons[2].layer.cornerRadius = self.menuMidButtons[2].frame.size.height / 2
self.menuMidButtons[0].alignTextBelow()
self.menuMidButtons[1].alignTextBelow()
self.menuMidButtons[2].alignTextBelow()
// less code like this below
for (key, _) in menuMidButtons.enumerated() {
   menuMidButtons[key].layer.cornerRadius = self.menuMidButtons[key].frame.size.height / 2
   menuMidButtons[key].alignTextBelow()
}

3. Loop over range (For — In Loop)

Make range use index, set from first index to last index between index you add three dots. Here’s that code example with the closed range operator.

//ex: 1
for item in 1...5 {
   print(item) // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
}
//ex: 2
for item in 0..<9 {
print(items) // 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
}
//ex: 3
let items = [1, 3, 10, 4, 6, 7, 14]
for item in 0..<items.count {
    print(item) // 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
}

4. Loop For Each

This loop same like normal for — in loop, but this use for each item can’t add optional items. and then check example below:

let items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14]
items.forEach { item in
    print(item)
}

5. Loop with Zip (For — In Loop )

For example, both two array. you can use zip loop. If one of array data shorter than the others, the data that is looped from the data that is less in number. this example use data model combine two data array and put to model.

struct IsZipLoop {
    var isBool: Bool
    var isItem: Int
}
let items = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
let Bools = [true, false, false, false, false, false, false]
var list = [IsZipLoop]()
for (item, bool) in zip(items, Bools) {
    list.append(IsZipLoop(isBool: bool, isItem: item))
}

6. Loop Key and Zip (for In Loop)

This loop use key and zip, this often helps me in the condition that two data are processed at the same time by requiring a key.

import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14]
    let bools = [false, false, false, false, false, false, false]
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        
        for ((offset: key, element: item), bool) in zip(items.enumerated(), bools) {
            print(key, item, bool)
        }
        
    }
}
// result print in debug area
0 1 false
1 2 false
2 3 false
3 4 false
4 6 false
5 7 false
6 14 false

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