Hi all,

So I have an enum with elements

 enum UserElements: String, CaseIterable {

        case profile    = "UserProfile"
        case settings   = "UserSettings"
        case favorites  = "UserFavorites"
        case likes      = "UserLikes"
        case security   = "UserSecurity"

        enum Keys: String {
            case profile   = "userProfile"
            case settings  = "userSettings"
            case favorites = "userFavorites"
            case likes     = "userLikes"
            case security  = "userSecurity"
        }
   }

but I'd like to cycle through the enums and check if the user object I get back from an API call has a value and is not nil.

How do I go about checking the object dynamically withouth having to hard code each case ?

ie.

   for element in User.UserElements.allCases {

           // userObject struct has each element
            // check here to make sure object we get back has a value

            if let elementExists = userObject.<what can I do here?> {

                // do something when nil
            }

        }

normally we could just use userObject.userProfile but I don't want to hard code each element. I can't seem to find a way in Swift to access a property using a variable.

thanks in advance!

Use subscripts for that. Example below.

struct User {
    var profile: String?
    var settings: String?
    var favorites: String?
    var likes: String?
    var security: String?
}

extension User {
    subscript(key: String) -> String? {
        switch key {
        case "UserProfile": return profile
        case "UserSettings": return settings
        case "UserFavorites": return favorites
        case "UserLikes": return likes
        case "UserSecurity": return security
        default: return nil
        }
    }
}

enum UserElements: String, CaseIterable {
    case profile    = "UserProfile"
    case settings   = "UserSettings"
    case favorites  = "UserFavorites"
    case likes      = "UserLikes"
    case security   = "UserSecurity"

    enum Keys: String {
        case profile   = "userProfile"
        case settings  = "userSettings"
        case favorites = "userFavorites"
        case likes     = "userLikes"
        case security  = "userSecurity"
    }
}

let userObject = User(
    profile: "Profile",
    settings: nil,
    favorites: "Favorites",
    likes: "Many Likes",
    security: "No Security"
)

for element in UserElements.allCases {
    if let elementExists = userObject[element.rawValue] {
        print(elementExists)
    }
}

that's awesome. thanks for this. I was looking into subscripts!