How can I remove all nil elements in a Swift array?

Now in swift 4.2 you can use

list.compactMap{ $0 }

list.flatMap{ $0 } is already deprecated.

The problem with your code is that 0 ..< list.count is executed once at the beginning of the loop, when list still has all of its elements. Each time you remove one element, list.count is decremented, but the iteration range is not modified. You end up reading too far.

In Swift 4.1 and above, you can use compactMap to discard the nil elements of a sequence. compactMap returns an array of non-optional values.

let list: [Foo?] = ...
let nonNilElements = list.compactMap { $0 }

If you still want an array of optionals, you can use filter to remove nil elements:

list = list.filter { $0 != nil }

A much elegant solution would be to use compacted() defined in the Algorithms package made by Apple itself.

import Algorithms

let array = [10, nil, 20, nil, 30]
print(array.compacted()) // prints [10, 20, 30]

Benefits

1. Concise
2. Filters out nil items lazily

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More info https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms/blob/main/Guides/Compacted.md

In Swift 2.0 you can use flatMap:

list.flatMap { $0 }