Introduction :
Swift dictionary provides one map method for mapping a function to all of its elements. This method is defined as below :
func map<T>(_ transform: ((key: Key, value: Value)) throws -> T) rethrows -> [T]It takes one parameter transform, a closure that is applied to each of its elements. This closure accepts key and value and returns the new converted value.
This function returns one array. Not a dictionary. If you want a dictionary, you need to convert that array to a dictionary.
Example of dictionary map :
Let’s consider the below example :
var my_dict = ["one" : 1, "two": 2, "three": 3]
var dict_array = my_dict.map{key,value in (key.uppercased(), value*2)}
print(dict_array)Here, my_dict is the given dictionary with string keys and integer values. The map method mapped the elements and created the array dict_array. It prints the below output :
[("ONE", 2), ("TWO", 4), ("THREE", 6)]Dictionary map - convert the array to a dictionary :
This is an array. To create a dictionary, we can use the init(uniqueKeysWithValues: S) method :
var my_dict = ["one" : 1, "two": 2, "three": 3]
var dict_array = my_dict.map{key,value in (key.uppercased(), value*2)}
var new_dict = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: dict_array)
print(new_dict)It will print :
["ONE": 2, "THREE": 6, "TWO": 4]Change the type of key and value :
We can also change the type of all keys and values using the closure :
var my_dict = ["one" : 1, "two": 2, "three": 3]
var dict_array = my_dict.map{key,value in (value, key)}
var new_dict = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: dict_array)
print(new_dict)Here, we have changed the value to key and key to value.
It will print :
[1: "one", 2: "two", 3: "three"]
