Swift Array dropLast()

In this tutorial, we will learn about the Swift array dropLast() method with the help of examples.

The dropLast() method drops the last element and returns the remaining elements in the array.

Example

var names = ["Dwight", "Kevin", "Creed"]

// drop last element // and return remaining elements print(names.dropLast())
// Output: ["Dwight", "Kevin"]

dropLast() Syntax

The syntax of the array dropLast() method is:

array.dropLast(i: Int)

Here, array is an object of the Array class.


dropLast() Parameter

The dropLast() method can take a single parameter:

  • i (optional) - number of elements to be dropped from the end of the array

dropLast() Return Value

  • returns the remaining elements in the array after dropping the last element

Example 1: Swift Array dropLast()

var country = ["Nepal", "Greece", "Spain"]

// drop last element and return remaining elements print(country.dropLast())
// original array is not modified print(country)

Output

["Nepal","Greece"]
["Nepal", "Greece", "Spain"]

Here, we have used the dropLast() method to drop the last element from the country array.

The original array is unchanged because dropLast() creates a new array instead of modifying the original array.


Example 2: Drop Multiple Number of Elements

var languages = ["Swift", "Python", "Java", "C", "C++"]

print("Original Array:", languages)

// remove last two elements from languages print("After dropLast():", languages.dropLast(2))

Output

Original Array: ["Swift", "Python", "Java", "C", "C++"]
After dropLast(): ["Swift", "Python", "Java"]

Here, languages.dropLast(2) removes the last 2 elements from languages and returns the remaining elements.

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