Finding sum of elements in Swift array

Question

What is the easiest (best) way to find the sum of an array of integers in swift? I have an array called multiples and I would like to know the sum of the multiples.

Answer 1

A possible solution: define a prefix operator for it. Like the reduce "+/" operator as in APL (e.g. GNU APL)

A bit of a different approach here.

Using a protocol en generic type allows us to to use this operator on Double, Float and Int array types

protocol Number 
{
   func +(l: Self, r: Self) -> Self
   func -(l: Self, r: Self) -> Self
   func >(l: Self, r: Self) -> Bool
   func <(l: Self, r: Self) -> Bool
}

extension Double : Number {}
extension Float  : Number {}
extension Int    : Number {}

infix operator += {}

func +=  (inout left: T, right: T)
{
   left = left + right
}

prefix operator +/ {}

prefix func +/ (ar:[T]?) -> T?
{
    switch true
    {
    case ar == nil:
        return nil

    case ar!.isEmpty:
        return nil

    default:
        var result = ar![0]
        for n in 1..

use like so:

let nmbrs = [ 12.4, 35.6, 456.65, 43.45 ]
let intarr = [1, 34, 23, 54, 56, -67, 0, 44]

+/nmbrs     // 548.1
+/intarr    // 145

(updated for Swift 2.2, tested in Xcode Version 7.3)