现在不需要写扩展了。

Apple终于在其算法包中引入了unique()方法，可以在符合Sequence协议的任何类型上使用。

import Algorithms

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1]
print(numbers.uniqued()) // prints [1, 2, 3]

更多信息https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms/blob/main/Guides/Unique.md

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public extension Array where Element: Hashable {
    func uniqued() -> [Element] {
        var seen = Set<Element>()
        return filter{ seen.insert($0).inserted }
    }
}

每次尝试插入也将返回一个元组:(插入:Bool, memberAfterInsert: Set.Element)。见文档。

使用返回值意味着我们可以避免进行多个循环，因此这是O(n)。

如果你把两个扩展都放在你的代码中，更快的Hashable版本将在可能的情况下使用，Equatable版本将用作备用版本。

public extension Sequence where Element: Hashable {
  /// The elements of the sequence, with duplicates removed.
  /// - Note: Has equivalent elements to `Set(self)`.
  @available(
  swift, deprecated: 5.4,
  message: "Doesn't compile without the constant in Swift 5.3."
  )
  var firstUniqueElements: [Element] {
    let getSelf: (Element) -> Element = \.self
    return firstUniqueElements(getSelf)
  }
}

public extension Sequence where Element: Equatable {
  /// The elements of the sequence, with duplicates removed.
  /// - Note: Has equivalent elements to `Set(self)`.
  @available(
  swift, deprecated: 5.4,
  message: "Doesn't compile without the constant in Swift 5.3."
  )
  var firstUniqueElements: [Element] {
    let getSelf: (Element) -> Element = \.self
    return firstUniqueElements(getSelf)
  }
}

public extension Sequence {
  /// The elements of the sequences, with "duplicates" removed
  /// based on a closure.
  func firstUniqueElements<Hashable: Swift.Hashable>(
    _ getHashable: (Element) -> Hashable
  ) -> [Element] {
    var set: Set<Hashable> = []
    return filter { set.insert(getHashable($0)).inserted }
  }

  /// The elements of the sequence, with "duplicates" removed,
  /// based on a closure.
  func firstUniqueElements<Equatable: Swift.Equatable>(
    _ getEquatable: (Element) -> Equatable
  ) -> [Element] {
    reduce(into: []) { uniqueElements, element in
      if zip(
        uniqueElements.lazy.map(getEquatable),
        AnyIterator { [equatable = getEquatable(element)] in equatable }
      ).allSatisfy(!=) {
        uniqueElements.append(element)
      }
    }
  }
}

如果顺序不重要，那么你总是可以使用这个Set初始化式。

Daniel Krom的Swift 2答案的更简洁的语法版本，使用了一个尾随闭包和简写参数名，这似乎是基于Airspeed Velocity的原始答案:

func uniq<S: SequenceType, E: Hashable where E == S.Generator.Element>(source: S) -> [E] {
  var seen = [E: Bool]()
  return source.filter { seen.updateValue(true, forKey: $0) == nil }
}

实现一个可以与uniq(_:)一起使用的自定义类型的示例(必须符合Hashable，因此符合Equatable，因为Hashable扩展了Equatable):

func ==(lhs: SomeCustomType, rhs: SomeCustomType) -> Bool {
  return lhs.id == rhs.id // && lhs.someOtherEquatableProperty == rhs.someOtherEquatableProperty
}

struct SomeCustomType {

  let id: Int

  // ...

}

extension SomeCustomType: Hashable {

  var hashValue: Int {
    return id
  }

}

在上面的代码中…

在==重载中使用的id可以是任何Equatable类型(或返回Equatable类型的方法，例如someMethodThatReturnsAnEquatableType())。注释掉的代码演示了扩展相等性检查，其中someOtherEquatableProperty是Equatable类型的另一个属性(但也可以是返回Equatable类型的方法)。

在hashValue计算属性中使用的id(必须符合Hashable)可以是任何Hashable(因此是Equatable)属性(或返回Hashable类型的方法)。

使用uniq(_:)的示例:

var someCustomTypes = [SomeCustomType(id: 1), SomeCustomType(id: 2), SomeCustomType(id: 3), SomeCustomType(id: 1)]

print(someCustomTypes.count) // 4

someCustomTypes = uniq(someCustomTypes)

print(someCustomTypes.count) // 3

在Swift 3.0中，我发现了最简单和最快的解决方案，可以在保持顺序的同时消除重复的元素:

extension Array where Element:Hashable {
    var unique: [Element] {
        var set = Set<Element>() //the unique list kept in a Set for fast retrieval
        var arrayOrdered = [Element]() //keeping the unique list of elements but ordered
        for value in self {
            if !set.contains(value) {
                set.insert(value)
                arrayOrdered.append(value)
            }
        }

        return arrayOrdered
    }
}

我使用了@Jean-Philippe Pellet的答案，并做了一个数组扩展，对数组进行类似set的操作，同时保持元素的顺序。

/// Extensions for performing set-like operations on lists, maintaining order
extension Array where Element: Hashable {
  func unique() -> [Element] {
    var seen: [Element:Bool] = [:]
    return self.filter({ seen.updateValue(true, forKey: $0) == nil })
  }

  func subtract(takeAway: [Element]) -> [Element] {
    let set = Set(takeAway)
    return self.filter({ !set.contains($0) })
  }

  func intersect(with: [Element]) -> [Element] {
    let set = Set(with)
    return self.filter({ set.contains($0) })
  }
}