String_fromUTF16Chars.swift

extension String {
    static func fromUTF16Chars(utf16s:UInt16[]) -> String {
        var str = ""
        for var i = 0; i < utf16s.count; i++ {
            let hi = Int(utf16s[i])
            switch hi {
            case 0xD800...0xDBFF:
                let lo = Int(utf16s[++i])
                let us = 0x10000
                    + (hi - 0xD800)*0x400 + (lo - 0xDC00)
                str += Character(UnicodeScalar(us))
            default:
                str += Character(UnicodeScalar(hi))
            }
        }
        return str
    }
}

let str = "aαあ🐣aαあ🐣"
var utf16cs = UInt16[]()
for utf16c in str.utf16 {
    utf16cs += utf16c
}
let str2 = String.fromUTF16Chars(utf16cs)
assert(str2 == str)
println(str2)