For example, I have an array like var myArray = ['player_static.png', 'player_run0.png', 'player_run1.png', 'player_run2.png', 'player_jump0.png', 'player_jump1.png']
Is there any simple way to get only the "player_runX.png" images?
You can use filter to get all elements that hasPrefix("player_run"):
let myArray = ["player_static.png", "player_run0.png", "player_run1.png", "player_run2.png", "player_jump0.png", "player_jump1.png"]
let playerRuns = myArray.filter{$0.hasPrefix("player_run")}
print(playerRuns) //["player_run0.png", "player_run1.png", "player_run2.png"]
One way to do this would be to iterate over the array and retrieve the elements that match the pattern. A very quick sample would be something like this:
var myArray = ["player_static.png", "player_run0.png", "player_run1.png", "player_run2.png", "player_jump0.png", "player_jump1.png"]
func getSubArray(array:[String],prefix:String) -> [String]
{
var newArray = [String]()
for img in array
{
if img.substringToIndex(img.startIndex.advancedBy(prefix.characters.count)) == prefix
{
newArray.append(img)
}
}
return newArray
}
var test = getSubArray(myArray, prefix: "player_run")