Create Dictionary from Array in Swift 5 - ios

Question

I need to create a dictionary from array with custom type for first index of the array.
Sample array : ["ABC","ZYZ","123"]
Required result : [{"name" : "ABC", "type:"A"},{"name" : "ZYZ", "type:"B"},{"name" : "123", "type:"B"}]
Note type A for first index.
My code
for url in urlArray {
urlDict["name"] = url
}

Answer 1

You can do a map, and then individually change the type of the first dictionary:
var dicts = urlArray.map { ["name": $0, "type": "B"] }
dicts[0]["type"] = "A"
Seeing how all your dictionary keys are all the same, and that you are sending this to a server, a Codable struct might be a better choice.
struct NameThisProperly : Codable {
var name: String
var type: String
}
var result = urlArray.map { NameThisProperly(name: $0, type: "B") }
result[0].type = "A"
do {
let data = try JSONDecoder().encode(result)
// you can now send this data to server
} catch let error {
...
}

Answer 2

I suppose you can use a high order function such as map or reduce
Here is an example using reduce
var array = ["ABC","ZYZ","123"]
var result = array.reduce([[String: String]](), { (previous, current) -> [[String: String]] in
let type = previous.count == 0 ? "A" : "B"
let dictForCurrent = [
"name": current,
"type": type
]
return previous + [dictForCurrent]
})
print(result)
The result:
[["type": "A", "name": "ABC"], ["type": "B", "name": "ZYZ"], ["name":
"123", "type": "B"]]

Answer 3

Use reduce to convert array to dictionary:
let resultDict: [String: String]
= array.reduce(into: [:]) { dict, url in
dict["name"] = url
}
The result will look like:
[
"name": URL1,
"name": URL2
]

Answer 4

Use map(_:) to convert each element of the array to dictionary like so,
let arr = ["ABC","ZYZ","123"]
let result = arr.map { (element) -> [String:String] in
var dict = [String:String]()
dict["name"] = element
if let char = element.first {
dict["type"] = String(char)
}
return dict
}
print(result)

Answer 5

since you are concern about the index, my approach will be using enumerated() which gives out the index
let array = ["ABC","ZYZ","123"]
var results: [[String: String]] = []
for (i, content) in array.enumerated() {
let type: String = i == 0 ? "A" : "B"
results.append(["name": content, "type": type])
}
print(result)
// [["type": "A", "name": "ABC"], ["name": "ZYZ", "type": "B"], ["type": "B", "name": "123"]]