I’m sorry, but I don’t see suffix() as a member function in any documentation, nor does it complete in Xcode. Is this perhaps only in Swift 4?
If so, that’s a definite improvement! Begin forwarded message: > From: Adrian Zubarev <adrian.zuba...@devandartist.com> > Subject: Re: [swift-users] the pain of strings > Date: June 30, 2017 at 3:13:42 PM PDT > To: David Baraff <davidbar...@gmail.com> > Cc: swift-users@swift.org > > This looks way better than the subscript in Python and 1000 times better than > your example. It might be a good idea to look up possible API first before > writing such ugly long lines. I mean they get the job done, but just why so > complicated? :( > > > > > -- > Adrian Zubarev > Sent with Airmail > > Am 1. Juli 2017 um 00:08:47, Adrian Zubarev (adrian.zuba...@devandartist.com > <mailto:adrian.zuba...@devandartist.com>) schrieb: > >> let longString = "1234567890" >> print(longString.suffix(2)) // prints "90" >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Zubarev >> Sent with Airmail >> >> Am 30. Juni 2017 um 23:45:01, David Baraff via swift-users >> (swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org>) schrieb: >> >>> I know, I’ve read tons about about this. I sympathize. Unicode, it’s all >>> very complex. >>> >>> But. >>> >>> BUT. >>> >>> Python: >>> shortID = longerDeviceID[-2:] # give me the last two characters >>> >>> Swift: >>> let shortID = >>> String(longerDeviceID.characters.dropFirst(longerDeviceID.characters.count >>> - 2)) >>> >>> I can’t even read the above without my eyes glazing over. As has been >>> pointed out, an API which demands this much verbosity is crippling for many >>> developers, to say the least. >>> >>> With Swift 4, am I correct that it will be at least: >>> >>> let shortID = String(longerDeviceID.dropFirst(longerDeviceID.count - 2)) >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-users mailing list >>> swift-users@swift.org >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users >> >
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