Check if array contains part of a string in Swift?

Question

I have an array containing a number of strings. I have used contains() (see below) to check if a certain string exists in the array however I would like to chec

Answer 1

First of all, you have defined an array with a single string. What you probably want is

let itemsArray = ["Google", "Goodbye", "Go", "Hello"]

Then you can use contains(array, predicate) and rangeOfString() – optionally with .CaseInsensitiveSearch – to check each string in the array if it contains the search string:

let itemExists = contains(itemsArray) {
    $0.rangeOfString(searchToSearch, options: .CaseInsensitiveSearch) !=  nil
}

println(itemExists) // true 

Or, if you want an array with the matching items instead of a yes/no result:

let matchingTerms = filter(itemsArray) {
    $0.rangeOfString(searchToSearch, options: .CaseInsensitiveSearch) !=  nil
}

println(matchingTerms) // [Google, Goodbye, Go]

Update for Swift 3:

let itemExists = itemsArray.contains(where: {
    $0.range(of: searchToSearch, options: .caseInsensitive) != nil
})
print(itemExists)

let matchingTerms = itemsArray.filter({
    $0.range(of: searchToSearch, options: .caseInsensitive) != nil
})
print(matchingTerms)