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Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the given element is contained within the range expression.

element: The element to check for containment. Returns: true if element is contained in the range expression; otherwise, false.

Declaration

func contains(_ element: Self.Bound) -> Bool

Returns the range of indices described by this range expression within the given collection.

You can use the relative(to:) method to convert a range expression, which could be missing one or both of its endpoints, into a concrete range that is bounded on both sides. The following example uses this method to convert a partial range up to 4 into a half-open range, using an array instance to add the range's lower bound.

let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
let upToFour = ..<4

let r1 = upToFour.relative(to: numbers)
// r1 == 0..<4

The r1 range is bounded on the lower end by 0 because that is the starting index of the numbers array. When the collection passed to relative(to:) starts with a different index, that index is used as the lower bound instead. The next example creates a slice of numbers starting at index 2, and then uses the slice with relative(to:) to convert upToFour to a concrete range.

let numbersSuffix = numbers[2...]
// numbersSuffix == [30, 40, 50, 60, 70]

let r2 = upToFour.relative(to: numbersSuffix)
// r2 == 2..<4

Use this method only if you need the concrete range it produces. To access a slice of a collection using a range expression, use the collection's generic subscript that uses a range expression as its parameter.

let numbersPrefix = numbers[upToFour]
// numbersPrefix == [10, 20, 30, 40]

collection: The collection to evaluate this range expression in relation to. Returns: A range suitable for slicing collection. The returned range is not guaranteed to be inside the bounds of collection. Callers should apply the same preconditions to the return value as they would to a range provided directly by the user.

Declaration

func relative<C>(to collection: C) -> Range<Self.Bound> where C : Collection, Self.Bound == C.Index

Declaration

func ~=(pattern: Self, value: Self.Bound) -> Bool