How to check if an element is in an array

Question

In Swift, how can I check if an element exists in an array? Xcode does not have any suggestions for contain, include, or has, and a qu

Answer 1

I used filter.

let results = elements.filter { el in el == 5 }
if results.count > 0 {
    // any matching items are in results
} else {
    // not found
}

If you want, you can compress that to

if elements.filter({ el in el == 5 }).count > 0 {
}

Hope that helps.

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Update for Swift 2

Hurray for default implementations!

if elements.contains(5) {
    // any matching items are in results
} else {
    // not found
}