Use a function to find common elements in two sequences in Swift

From Swift 3, Generator protocol is renamed Iterator protocol : (link to github proposal)

So, the function need to be written:

func commonElements<T: Sequence, U: Sequence>(_ lhs: T, _ rhs: U) -> [T.Iterator.Element]
    where T.Iterator.Element: Equatable, T.Iterator.Element == U.Iterator.Element {
        var common: [T.Iterator.Element] = []

        for lhsItem in lhs {
            for rhsItem in rhs {
                if lhsItem == rhsItem {
                    common.append(lhsItem)
                }
            }
        }
        return common
}

I was able to get it to work by making the return value an Array of T.GeneratorType.Element.

func anyCommonElements <T, U where T: SequenceType, U: SequenceType, T.Generator.Element: Equatable, T.Generator.Element == U.Generator.Element> (lhs: T, rhs: U) -> Array<T.Generator.Element> {
    var toReturn = Array<T.Generator.Element>()
    for lhsItem in lhs {
        for rhsItem in rhs {
            if lhsItem == rhsItem {
                toReturn.append(lhsItem)
            }
        }
    }
    return toReturn
}
anyCommonElements([1, 2, 3], [3])

I had compiler errors with the above two solutions, I am running the guide from the iBook in the Xcode 6.01 playground. I had consistent compiler complaints about array declarations I found here so I am assuming the posters may be using an earlier version of swift. If I'm wrong, it would be great to know.

For array declarations, I have found that

    var thingList : [ThingType] = []

has worked consistently, so I tended to go with that, forsaking

    var thing[],thing[]()  // gave compiler errors/warnings

My environment never was able to resolve a thing called T.GeneratorType[.Element]

The solution I came up for this experiment is

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func anyCommonElements <T, U
                    where
                    T: SequenceType, U: SequenceType,
                    T.Generator.Element: Equatable,
                    T.Generator.Element == U.Generator.Element>
                    (lhs: T, rhs: U)
-> [T.Generator.Element]
{
    var  returnValue: [T.Generator.Element] = []
    for lhsItem in lhs {
        for rhsItem in rhs {
           if lhsItem == rhsItem {
              returnValue.append(lhsItem)
           }
        }
    }
    return returnValue
}

let commonNumberList = anyCommonElements([1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7,8], [2,3,9,14,8,21])
println("common Numbers = \(commonNumberList)")

let commonStringList = anyCommonElements(["a","b","c"],["d","e","f","c","b"])
println("common Strings = \(commonStringList)")

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The tutorial text really did not properly prepare me at all to actually solve the experiments without a lot of additional reading. Thanks to everyone here for contributing their solutions, it has really helped me get a great introduction to Swift.