Ambiguous error when attempting to filter values using enum

Question

I have a filter that I am trying to use to compare one value to another. Here is the enum that I am using:

enum SomeEnum: String {



    case first  = "Hey"

    case second = "There"

    case third  = "Peace"



static let values = [first, second, third]



func pickOne() -> String {

        switch self {

        case .first:

            return "value 1"

        case .second:

            return "value 2"

        case .third:

            return "value 3"

    }

}

Here is where I am attempting to filter and find matching values:

array.append(SomeEnum.values.filter({$0.rawValue ==  anotherArray["id"] as! String}))

I end up getting an ambiguous error:

Cannot convert value of type '[SomeEnum]' to expected argument type 'String'

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The problem is, that SomeEnum.values return type is [SomeEnum] and not String.

And the append function expects the parameter to be String, instead it is [SomeEnum].

This is, what you need to change:

Change append to appendContentsOf, since filter function returns an array, and not a single value
Change the [SomeEnum] to [String] since you are adding it to a [String] array, like this.

This is the fix:

array.appendContentsOf(SomeEnum.values.filter({ $0.rawValue == "SomeString" }).map({ $0.PickOne() }))

Ambiguous error when attempting to filter values using enum

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