Swift Array remove only one item with a specific value

Question

Alright, this should not be too difficult, but Sunday morning proves me wrong...

I have an Array with structs, and want to remove only one struct that matches its name property to a String. For example:

struct Person {
   let name: String
}

var myPersons =
[Person(name: "Jim"),
 Person(name: "Bob"),
 Person(name: "Julie"),
 Person(name: "Bob")]

func removePersonsWith(name: String) {
   myPersons = myPersons.filter { $0.name != name }
}

removePersonsWith(name: "Bob")
print(myPersons)

results in:

[Person(name: "Jim"), Person(name: "Julie")]

But how do I only remove one Bob?

Answer 1

• filter filters all items which match the condition.

• firstIndex returns the index of the first item which matches the condition.

    func removePersonsWith(name: String) {
        if let index = myPersons.firstIndex(where: {$0.name == name}) {
            myPersons.remove(at: index)
        }
    }
  

However the name of the function is misleading. It's supposed to be removeAPersonWith ;-)