Find Duplicate Elements In Array Using Swift

Question

How to find Duplicate Elements in Array? I have array of phone numbers so in the phone numbers i should start searching from the right side to the left side and find similar

Answer 1

To filter an array based on properties, you can use this method:

extension Array {

    func filterDuplicates(@noescape includeElement: (lhs:Element, rhs:Element) -> Bool) -> [Element]{
        var results = [Element]()

        forEach { (element) in
            let existingElements = results.filter {
                return includeElement(lhs: element, rhs: $0)
            }
            if existingElements.count == 0 {
                results.append(element)
            }
        }

        return results
    }
}

Which you can call as followed, based on the contacts example of Rob:

let filteredContacts = myContacts.filterDuplicates { $0.name == $1.name && $0.phone == $1.phone }