is there anyway to increment exponentially in swift?

Question

I am trying to write a for loop, where I have to increment exponentially. I am using stride function but it won\'t work. Here\'s c++ code, I am trying to write a sw

Answer 1

There is no for loop in Swift, but you can achieve the same result with basic while loop

var m = 1                // initializer
while m <= high - low {  // condition
    ...
    m *= 2               // iterator
}

Answer 2

Based on @MartinR answer, only improvement is readability of the call:

// Helper function declaration
func forgen<T>(
    _ initial: T, // What we start with
    _ condition: @escaping (T) throws -> Bool, // What to check on each iteration
    _ change: @escaping (T) -> T?, // Change after each iteration
    _ iteration: (T) throws -> Void // Where actual work happens
    ) rethrows
{
    return try sequence(first: initial, next: change).prefix(while: condition).forEach(iteration)
}

// Usage:
forgen(1, { $0 <= high - low }, { 2 * $0 }) { m in
    print(m)
}
// Almost like in C/C++ code

Answer 3

Here is a solution using for:

let n = Int(log(Double(high - low))/log(2.0)) 
var m = 1
for p in 1...n {
    print("m =", m)
    ...
    m = m << 1
}

(Supposing that high - low is greater than 2)

Answer 4

A while-loop is probably the simplest solution, but here is an alternative:

for m in sequence(first: 1, next: { 2 * $0 }).prefix(while: { $0 <= high - low }) {
    print(m)
}

sequence() (lazily) generates the sequence 1, 2, 4, ..., and prefix(while:) limits that sequence to the given range.

A slight advantage of this approach is that m is only declared inside the loop (so that it cannot be used later accidentally), and that is is a constant so that it cannot be inadvertently modified inside the loop.