Pretty Test Multiple Variables against Nil value in Swift - ios

Question

Is there any pretty way to test the below? I have multiple parameters which I need to know if any one of them is nil
This is what I am using now, I am sure there is an efficient way to test all and type nil once but not sure how:
if title == nil || name == nil || height == nil || productName == nil {
//Do something
}
I am using ObjectMapper and at they moment, they don't support error handling, hence, my init() throws errors and I need to check if the values from Map are nil or not and through if they are.

Answer 1

I have created a simple extension on CollectionType to check for a collection of Optional value, if at least one element is not nil, if all elements have value or if none have value.
extension CollectionType where Generator.Element == Optional<AnyObject>, Index.Distance == Int {
func allNotNil() -> Bool {
return !allNil()
}
func atleastOneNotNil() -> Bool {
return self.flatMap { $0 }.count > 0
}
func allNil() -> Bool {
return self.flatMap { $0 }.count == 0
}
}
var title: String? = ""
var name: String? = ""
var height: Float? = 1
var productName: String? = ""
[title, name, height, productName].allNotNil()
[title, name, height, productName].atleastOneNotNil()
[title, name, height, productName].allNil()
In your case, you could use it like this,
if [title, name, height, productName].atLeastOneNotNil() {
}
Or, you could discard the extension above and simply use it like this,
if [title, name, height, productName].flatMap { $0 }.count > 0 {
}
For Swift 4,
extension Collection where Element == Optional<Any> {
func allNotNil() -> Bool {
return !allNil()
}
func atleastOneNotNil() -> Bool {
return self.flatMap { $0 }.count > 0
}
func allNil() -> Bool {
return self.flatMap { $0 }.count == 0
}
}
Updates for Swift 5,
Few new functions have been added to CollectionType such as first(where:) and allSatisfy(where:) and it is used here.
extension Collection where Element == Optional {
func allNil() -> Bool {
return allSatisfy { $0 == nil }
}
func anyNil() -> Bool {
return first { $0 == nil } != nil
}
func allNotNil() -> Bool {
return !allNil()
}
}

Answer 2

Here's a short version using a collection literal:
let isAnyNil = ([title, name, height, productName, nil] as [Optional<Any>]).contains { $0 == nil }
It's similar to #GeneratorOfOne's flatMap and count variant. I prefer the simplicity of contains.
If you do this often, I'd go with a free function to avoid the need to specify the type:
func isAnyNil(optionals: Optional<Any> ...) -> Bool {
return optionals.contains { $0 == nil }
}
isAnyNil(title, name, height, productName)

Answer 3

I'm not sure why you need to know, but if it is kind of unwrapping than it better to do so in Swift 2.0
if let email = emailField?.text, password = passwordField?.text {
//here you have both email & password
}
if you enter a method and need to do something in case any of them is nil, I would recommend using a guard:
guard let email = emailField?.text else {
// It is nil, do something
return
}
// if we got here, we have 'email' and it is not nil.
Side Note:
I'm guessing when you mean efficient you really talk about pretty or easy and not really efficient, because in either cases you would have to evaluate all arguments to see if they are nil.
If indeed you just want it to be pretty, you could use .filter to check
var nilElements = [email,password].filter{0 == nil}
you will get back only the elements which are nil