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distance(from:to:)

Returns the distance between two indices.

Declaration

func distance(from i: String.UTF8View.Index, to j: String.UTF8View.Index) -> Int

Return Value

The distance between start and end. The result can be negative only if the collection conforms to the BidirectionalCollection protocol.

Discussion

Unless the collection conforms to the BidirectionalCollection protocol, start must be less than or equal to end.