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Swift extension that allows moving between a single index and another index in a mutable collection
// The MIT License (MIT)
//
// Copyright © 2018 Tony Arnold (@tonyarnold)
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
// THE SOFTWARE.
//
// Thanks to Ben Cohen (@AirspeedSwift) for the guidance on making an
// unconstrained version of this method.
extension MutableCollection {
/// Moves the item at the source index to be positioned before the item at the given target index.
///
/// - Parameters:
/// - from: The position of the element to move. `from` must be a valid index of the array.
/// - to: The position to move the new element to. `to` must be a valid index of the array or equal to its `endIndex` property.
mutating func move2(from: Index, to: Index) {
if from < to {
var i = from
var j = index(after: i)
while j != to {
swapAt(i, j)
i = j
formIndex(after: &j)
}
} else {
var i = to
while i != from {
swapAt(i, from)
formIndex(after: &i)
}
}
}
}
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