Closure basics

var multiplyClosure: (Int, Int) -> Int

multiplyClosure = { (a: Int, b: Int) -> Int in
  return a * b
}
let result = multiplyClosure(4, 2)

Shorthand syntax

multiplyClosure = { (a: Int, b: Int) -> Int in
  a * b
}

multiplyClosure = { (a, b) in
  a * b
}

multiplyClosure = {
  $0 * $1
}

Shorthand syntax

func operateOnNumbers(_ a: Int, _ b: Int, operation: (Int, Int) -> Int) -> Int {
  let result = operation(a, b)
  print(result)
  return result
}

let addClosure = { (a: Int, b: Int) in
  a + b
}
operateOnNumbers(4, 2, operation: addClosure)

func addFunction(_ a: Int, _ b: Int) -> Int {
  return a + b
}
operateOnNumbers(4, 2, operation: addFunction)

operateOnNumbers(4, 2, operation: { (a: Int, b: Int) -> Int in
  return a + b
})

operateOnNumbers(4, 2, operation: { $0 + $1 })

operateOnNumbers(4, 2, operation: +)

operateOnNumbers(4, 2) {
  $0 + $1
}

Closures with no return value

let voidClosure: () -> Void = {
  print("Swift Apprentice is awesome!")
}
voidClosure()

Note: Void is actually just a typealias for (). This means you could have written () -> Void as () -> (). A function’s parameter list however must always be surrounded by parentheses, so Void -> () or Void -> Void are invalid.

Capturing from the enclosing scope

var counter = 0
let incrementCounter = {
  counter += 1
}
incrementCounter()
incrementCounter()
incrementCounter()
incrementCounter()
incrementCounter()

func countingClosure() -> () -> Int {
  var counter = 0
  let incrementCounter: () -> Int = {
    counter += 1
    return counter
  }
  return incrementCounter
}

let counter1 = countingClosure()
let counter2 = countingClosure()

counter1() // 1
counter2() // 1
counter1() // 2
counter1() // 3
counter2() // 2

Custom sorting with closures

let names = ["ZZZZZZ", "BB", "A", "CCCC", "EEEEE"]
names.sorted()

let sortedByLength = names.sorted {
  $0.count > $1.count
}
sortedByLength

Iterating over collections with closures

let values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
values.forEach {
  print("\($0): \($0*$0)")
}

var prices = [  1.5, 10, 4.99, 2.30, 8.19]

let largePrices = prices.filter {
  return $0 > 5
}

let salePrices = prices.map {
  return $0 * 0.9
}

let userInput = ["0", "11", "haha", "42"]

let numbers1 = userInput.map {
  Int($0)
}

let numbers2 = userInput.compactMap {
  Int($0)
}

let sum = prices.reduce(0) {
  return $0 + $1
}

let stock = [1.5: 5, 10: 2, 4.99: 20, 2.30: 5, 8.19: 30]
let stockSum = stock.reduce(0) {
  return $0 + $1.key * Double($1.value)
}

let farmAnimals = ["🐎": 5, "🐄": 10, "🐑": 50, "🐶": 1]
let allAnimals = farmAnimals.reduce(into: []) {
  (result, this: (key: String, value: Int)) in
  for _ in 0 ..< this.value {
    result.append(this.key)
  }
}

let removeFirst = prices.dropFirst()
let removeFirstTwo = prices.dropFirst(2)

let removeLast = prices.dropLast()
let removeLastTwo = prices.dropLast(2)

let firstTwo = prices.prefix(2)
let lastTwo = prices.suffix(2)