任务期组织们想对表格进行排序这一个很好机会来使用闭包organize tasks by date192按期.pdfVIP

TaskIt:OrganizeTasksbyDate

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Wewanttosortourtablebydate.Thisisagoodchanceforustouseclosures,

whicharelikeblocksinobjective-c.

Closureexpressionsyntaxhasthefollowinggeneralform:{(parameters)-

returntypeinstatements}

We’regoingtousethesortedfunction.Fromthedocs:

“Swift’sstandardlibraryprovidesafunctioncalledsorted,whichsortsanarray

ofvaluesofaknowntype,basedontheoutputofasortingclosurethatyou

pronceitcompletesthesortingprocess,thesortedfunctionreturnsanew

arrayofthesametypeandsizeastheoldone,withitselementsinthecorrect

sortedorder.Theoriginalarrayisnotmodifiedbythesortedfunction.”

Also,wewantourarraytosorteverytimetheviewappears,solet’sgoahead

andwriteourlogicintheviewWillAppearmethodrightbeforewereloadthe

tableview.

Code:

CreateafunctionnamedsortByDate.Thisfunctionacceptstwoparameters,

whicharebothTaskModelinstancesandreturnsaBool.Wereturnyes,ifthe

timeIntervalSinceDate1970ofourfirstTaskModelislessthanthesecond

TaskModelstimeIntervalSince1970.Wecanthenpassthisfunctionasa

parameterintothefunctionsorted.

funcsortByDate(taskOne:TaskModel,taskTwo:TaskModel)-Bool{

returntaskOne.date.timeIntervalSince1970

taskTwo.date.timeIntervalSince1970}taskArray=

taskArray.sorted(sortByDate)

Closuresallowustorefactorthiscode.Insteadofhavingtowriteafunction

andthenpassthatfunctioninasaparameterwecanwritethenecessarycode

insideoftheparameter.Thiscodeisabitcleanerandwillbecomeeasierto

readaswewritemoreclosurestogether.Noticethatwefirstaddthetwo

parametersfromouroriginalfunction,andthereturntype.Wedonotneedto

includethe