Add / subtract characters as Int in Swift - swift

Question

I need to implement an algorithm to check if an input is valid by calculating a modulo of a String.
The code in Kotlin:
private val facteurs = arrayOf(7, 3, 1)
private fun modulo(s: String): Int {
var result = 0
var i = -1
var idx = 0
for (c in s.toUpperCase()) {
val value:Int
if (c == '<') {
value = 0
} else if (c in "0123456789") {
value = c - '0'
} else if (c in "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ") {
value = c.toInt() - 55
} else {
throw IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected character: $c at position $idx")
}
i += 1
result += value * facteurs[i % 3]
idx += 1
}
return result % 10
}
This implies doing math operations on the characters.
Is there an elegant way to do this in Swift 3 and 4?
I tried some cumbersome constructs like this :
value = Int(c.unicodeScalars) - Int("0".first!.unicodeScalars)
But it does not even compile.
I'm currently using Swift 4 with XCode9, but Swift3 answer is welcome too.

Answer 1

You can enumerate the unicodeScalars view of a string together
with the running index, use switch/case pattern matching,
and access the numeric .value of the unicode scalar:
func modulo(_ s: String) -> Int? {
let facteurs = [7, 3, 1]
var result = 0
for (idx, uc) in s.uppercased().unicodeScalars.enumerated() {
let value: UInt32
switch uc {
case "<":
value = 0
case "0"..."9":
value = uc.value - UnicodeScalar("0").value
case "A"..."Z":
value = uc.value - UnicodeScalar("A").value + 10
default:
return nil
}
result += Int(value) * facteurs[idx % facteurs.count]
}
return result % 10
}
This compiles with both Swift 3 and 4. Of course you could also
throw an error instead of returning nil for invalid input.
Note that "<", "0", "9" etc.
in the switch statement are inferred from the context as UnicodeScalar,
not as String or Character, therefore "0"..."9" (in this context)
is a ClosedRange<UnicodeScalar> and uc can be matched against
that range.

Answer 2

Something like this works for me:
"A".utf16.first! + 2 //comes out to 67
Careful with the forced unwrap "!"
If you need the scalars value you can do
"A".unicodeScalars.first!.value + 2
More reading can be done on this here in the SPL.
For the c Character type value you could do this:
String(c).unicodeScalars.first!.value + 2
Here is an attempt to mod the function:
func modulo(s: String) -> Int? {
var result = 0
var factors = [7,3,1]
for (i, c) in s.uppercased().characters.enumerated() {
let char = String(c)
var val: Int
if char == "<" {
val = 0
} else if "0123456789".contains(char) {
val = Int(char.unicodeScalars.first!.value - "0".unicodeScalars.first!.value)
} else if "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ".contains(char) {
val = Int(char.unicodeScalars.first!.value - 55)
} else {
return nil
}
result += val * factors[(i) % 3]
}
return result % 10
}
This is in swift 3...in 4 I believe you can just iterate over the string without converting to Chars