Swift Array filter()

filter() Syntax

The syntax of the filter() method is:

array.filter(condition)

Here, array is an object of the Array class.

filter() Parameters

The filter() method takes one parameter:

1. condition - a closure that accepts a condition and returns a Bool value.

filter() Return Value

• returns all the elements from the array that satisfy the provided condition

Example 1: Swift Array filter()

Output

["Nepal", "Norwegian"]

In the above program, notice the closure definition,

{ $0.hasPrefix("N") }

This is a short-hand closure that checks whether all the elements in the array have the prefix "N" or not.

$0 is the shortcut to mean the first parameter passed into the closure.

The closure returns a Bool value depending upon the condition. If the condition is

• true - the array value is kept
• false - the array value is dropped/omitted

And finally, all the elements that start with "N" are stored in the result variable.

Example 2: Return Only Even Numbers From Array

Output

[2, 4, 8]