Filter an (Codable) array by another array - swift

Question

I'm trying to filter my json data by IDs (trying mark some favourites and filter using it)
struct workoutList : Codable {
let id : Int
let title : String
let tag : String
}
func selectedWorkoutGroup(libraryFilter: Int, jsonErgWorkouts:[workoutList], workoutGroupBox: UITextField) -> [workoutList] {
var selectedGroup = [workoutList]()
let workoutFav = [1,10,100]
if libraryFilter == 0 {
// This works because I'm filtering based on 1 specific item
selectedGroup = jsonErgWorkouts.filter { $0.tag == workoutGroupBox.text }
} else if libraryFilter == 1 {
// Here I want to filter and show only the favorites
selectedGroup = jsonErgWorkouts.filter { $0.id } //
print("selectedGroup:\(selectedGroup)")
}
return selectedGroup
}
in the above code, the filter works when I have 1(one) something specific item to filter and then I get the entire json array with that tag.
Now I want to implement a favorite list, where the user selects for example ID == [1, 10 ,100] as their favourite.
How can I use the filter command to do it? I tried a few things and searched through SO (but doesn't work). Most of the answers are based on filtering based on specific items eg:
selectedGroup = jsonErgWorkouts.filter { workoutFav?.contains($0.id) }
edit: (omitted that I am using/storing the favourites in userDefaults. This code gives the error of "type of expression is ambiguous without more context"
func selectedWorkoutGroup(libraryFilter: Int, jsonErgWorkouts:[workoutList], workoutGroupBox: UITextField) -> [workoutList] {
var selectedGroup = [workoutList]()
UserDefaults.standard.set([1,10,100], forKey: "workoutFavorite")
/// This one gets stored as [Any] so I cast it to [Int]
let workoutFav = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") as? [Int]
if libraryFilter == 0 {
// This works because I'm filtering based on 1 specific item
selectedGroup = jsonErgWorkouts.filter { $0.tag == workoutGroupBox.text }
} else if libraryFilter == 1 {
selectedGroup = workoutFav.flatMap { favouriteId in // for each favourite ID
jsonErgWorkouts.filter { $0.id == favouriteId } // This returns Error "type of expression is ambiguous without more context"
} // flatMap joins all those arrays returns by "filter" together, no need to do anything else
print("selectedGroup:\(selectedGroup)")
}
return selectedGroup
}
Final Solution:
Changing from This
let workoutFav = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") as? [Int]
to This (notice the as! instead of as?)
let workoutFav = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") as! [Int]
works using #sweeper's answer. Thanks
Update:
Figured out why this error occurred "type of expression is ambiguous without more context" when casting the output of UserDefaults as? [Int] and had to use as! [Int]
But using as! [Int] force unwrapping it causes app to crash if the user did not have any favorites saved into the UserDefault. (Which I then had to code around) like below
var workoutFav = [Int]()
if !(UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") == nil) {
workoutFav = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") as! [Int]
}
Which was then simplified and removed the force unwrapping based on this SO https://stackoverflow.com/a/37357869/14414215 to become this one-line
let workoutFav = UserDefaults.standard.array(forKey: "workoutFavorite") as? [Int] ?? [Int]()

Answer 1

You need to do that filter for each id in the favourites array. You get an array of arrays as a result. To get the final array, you need to join those arrays to a single array. This "map each thing to an array and join the arrays" operation is what a flatMap does:
workoutFav.flatMap { favouriteId in // for each favourite ID
jsonErgWorkouts.filter { $0.id == favouriteId } // find workouts that match the ID
} // flatMap joins all those arrays returns by "filter" together, no need to do anything else

Answer 2

First thing first please give a struct name with a capital so you can distinguish between instance of it. Second you need to have new array where you will store each favorite, and store permanently that array, core data or some base on server, form there you will fetch favorites.
The better way is to add property like isFavorite: Bool that is false by default, and if user change it you can set it to be true, in that way you can avoid using ids for that and you can store whole workout's in one array to core data or base that you use, after that you can fetch from there with
let favorites = workouts.compactMap { $0.isFavorite == true }
Here you go in that way, but just to mention it highly recommended that you store those type of data outside User defaults.
struct Fav {
let name: String
let id: String
}
let df = UserDefaults.standard
let jk = ["aaa", "bbb", "cccc"]
df.setValue(jk, forKey: "favorites")
let fav1 = Fav(name: "zzz", id: "aaa")
let fav2 = Fav(name: "bbb", id: "qqq")
let favs = [fav1, fav2]
let favIDs = df.value(forKey: "favorites") as? [String]
favIDs?.forEach({ (id) in
let f = favs.filter({$0.id == id}) // here it is
})