Subscripts

Extensions can add new subscripts to an existing type.

This example gets the character inside a String using the given index:

extension String {
    subscript(index: Int) -> Character {
        let newIndex = startIndex.advancedBy(index)
        return self[newIndex]
    }
}

var myString = "StackOverFlow"
print(myString[2]) // a
print(myString[3]) // c

extension String {
    subscript(offset: Int) -> Character {
        let newIndex = self.index(self.startIndex, offsetBy: offset)
        return self[newIndex]
    }
}

var myString = "StackOverFlow"
print(myString[2]) // a
print(myString[3]) // c

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