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Frenklin Hasani
1,754 PointsiOS Development with Swift
How to create a function in which I can print all the elements in an array in a ordered way , over and over without finishing never printing all the elemnts in an array ?
2 Answers
Frenklin Hasani
1,754 PointsI want to create a function which print each element in an array in a ordered way but when it reached the last element i want that this function start again from the beggining printing each element.I want to do this every time that reached the last element.
Jhoan Arango
14,575 PointsHello:
Franklin, there is a way of doing this, but I do not recommend it. Depending on what kind of computer you are running, you can run into an infinity loop that might take all the computer's resources and you will have to end up shutting it down.
With that said: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
var carFactory = ["Ford", "Lamborghini", "Ferrari"]
func printForever(yes: Bool){
while yes {
for cars in carFactory {
print(cars)
}
}
}
// Then call the function
printForever(true)
Again, this is not recommended. And when it comes to working with an app, I don't see a functionality on making something print non-stop. This may make your phone crash, and to be honest, I don't even think apple will allow this kind of apps in the app store.
Good luck.
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsAnother example of what not to do ;)
extension Array where Element: Comparable {
func sortedLoop() {
let sorted = sort(<)
func loopIt() {
sorted.map { print($0) }
loopIt()
}
loopIt()
}
}
[5, 3, 1, 4, 2].sortedLoop()
["A", "C", "B", "D"].sortedLoop()
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsMartin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsOk, please try to clarify, I am not sure if I understand you correctly: you want to call a function that prints out all the elements of a sorted array, don't you? I do not understand that "over and over without finishing printing all elements" part. Do you want to print all elements or not? Do you want to create an infinite loop that iterates over the array from the start if it has reached the end? So many questions ;)