Mathematical functions in Swift

Question

How do I use mathematical functions like sqrt(), floor(), round(), sin(), etc?

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Answer 1

For the Swift way of doing things, you can try and make use of the tools available in the Swift Standard Library. These should work on any platform that is able to run Swift.

Instead of floor(), round() and the rest of the rounding routines you can use rounded(_:):

let x = 6.5

// Equivalent to the C 'round' function:
print(x.rounded(.toNearestOrAwayFromZero))
// Prints "7.0"

// Equivalent to the C 'trunc' function:
print(x.rounded(.towardZero))
// Prints "6.0"

// Equivalent to the C 'ceil' function:
print(x.rounded(.up))
// Prints "7.0"

// Equivalent to the C 'floor' function:
print(x.rounded(.down))
// Prints "6.0"

These are currently available on Float and Double and it should be easy enough to convert to a CGFloat for example.

Instead of sqrt() there's the squareRoot() method on the FloatingPoint protocol. Again, both Float and Double conform to the FloatingPoint protocol:

let x = 4.0
let y = x.squareRoot()

For the trigonometric functions, the standard library can't help, so you're best off importing Darwin on the Apple platforms or Glibc on Linux. Fingers-crossed they'll be a neater way in the future.

#if os(OSX) || os(iOS)
import Darwin
#elseif os(Linux)
import Glibc
#endif

let x = 1.571
print(sin(x))
// Prints "~1.0"