Instance Method

removeFirst()

Removes and returns the first element of the collection.

Declaration

@discardableResult mutating func removeFirst() -> Character

Return Value

The removed element.

Discussion

The collection must not be empty.

var bugs = ["Aphid", "Bumblebee", "Cicada", "Damselfly", "Earwig"]
bugs.removeFirst()
print(bugs)
// Prints "["Bumblebee", "Cicada", "Damselfly", "Earwig"]"

Calling this method may invalidate any existing indices for use with this collection.

Complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the collection.

See Also

Removing Substrings

func remove(at: String.Index) -> Character

Removes and returns the character at the specified position.

func removeAll(keepingCapacity: Bool)

Replaces this string with the empty string.

func removeAll(where: (Character) -> Bool)

Removes all the elements that satisfy the given predicate.

func removeFirst(Int)

Removes the specified number of elements from the beginning of the collection.

func removeLast() -> Character

Removes and returns the last element of the collection.

func removeLast(Int)

Removes the specified number of elements from the end of the collection.

func removeSubrange(Range<String.Index>)

Removes the characters in the given range.

func removeSubrange<R>(R)

Removes the elements in the specified subrange from the collection.

func filter((Character) -> Bool) -> String

Returns a new collection of the same type containing, in order, the elements of the original collection that satisfy the given predicate.

func drop(while: (Character) -> Bool) -> Substring

Returns a subsequence by skipping elements while predicate returns true and returning the remaining elements.

func dropFirst(Int) -> Substring

Returns a subsequence containing all but the given number of initial elements.

func dropLast(Int) -> Substring

Returns a subsequence containing all but the specified number of final elements.

func popLast() -> Character?

Removes and returns the last element of the collection.