Swift equivalent for MIN and MAX macros

Question

In C / Objective-C it is possible to find the minimum and maximum value between two numbers using MIN and MAX macros. Swift doesn\'t support macros and it seems that there a

Answer 1

As pointed out, Swift provides max and min functions.

An example (updated for Swift 2.x).

let numbers = [ 1, 42, 5, 21 ]
var maxNumber = Int()

for number in numbers {
    maxNumber = max(maxNumber, number as Int)
}

print("the max number is \(maxNumber)")   // will be 42