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iOS Closures in Swift Building Standard Library Functions Flat Map

Posted by Omar De Yamlor
Omar De Yamlor
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flatMap deprecated (Swift 4.2) ?

Hi, what would be the function to achieve the same result as the one obtained with flatMap ? i.e.: flattening an array of arrays to an array ?

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Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
iOS Development Techdegree Student 5,461 Points

In Swift there were a few use-cases for using flatMap. Removing nil-values from an array. And flattening an array of arrays for example.

Removing nil-values with flatMap is being deprecated. Instead you can use .compactMap for that. You can still use flatMap to flatten an array of arrays.