How can I interleave two arrays?

Question

If I have two arrays e.g

let one = [1,3,5]
let two = [2,4,6]

I would like to merge/interleave the arrays in the following pattern [one[0],

Answer 1

With Swift 5, you can use one of the following Playground sample codes in order to solve your problem.

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#1. Using zip(_:_:) function and Collection's flatMap(_:) method

let one = [1, 3, 5, 7]
let two = [2, 4, 6]

let array = zip(one, two).flatMap({ [$0, $1] })
print(array) // print: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Apple states:

If the two sequences passed to zip(_:_:) are different lengths, the resulting sequence is the same length as the shorter sequence.

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#2. Using an object that conforms to Sequence and IteratorProtocol protocols

struct InterleavedSequence: Sequence, IteratorProtocol {

    private let firstArray: [T]
    private let secondArray: [T]
    private let thresholdIndex: Int
    private var index = 0
    private var toggle = false

    init(firstArray: [T], secondArray: [T]) {
        self.firstArray = firstArray
        self.secondArray = secondArray
        self.thresholdIndex = Swift.min(firstArray.endIndex, secondArray.endIndex)
    }

    mutating func next() -> T? {
        guard index < thresholdIndex else { return nil }
        defer {
            if toggle {
                index += 1
            }
            toggle.toggle()
        }
        return !toggle ? firstArray[index] : secondArray[index]
    }

}

let one = [1, 3, 5, 7]
let two = [2, 4, 6]

let sequence = InterleavedSequence(firstArray: one, secondArray: two)
let array = Array(sequence)
print(array) // print: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]