How to iterate through multiple UILabels - arrays

Question

I am looking for an elegant way to iterate through an array and assign each of its values to one or more of five UILabels
This code illustrates what I am trying to do (although it is very long and repetitive)
if touches.count >= 1 {
positionTouch1LBL.text = String(describing: touches[0].location(in: view))
} else {
positionTouch1LBL.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
if touches.count >= 2 {
positionTouch2LBL.text = String(describing: touches[1].location(in: view))
} else {
positionTouch2LBL.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
if touches.count >= 3 {
positionTouch3LBL.text = String(describing: touches[2].location(in: view))
} else {
positionTouch3LBL.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
if touches.count >= 4 {
positionTouch4LBL.text = String(describing: touches[3].location(in: view))
} else {
positionTouch4LBL.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
if touches.count >= 5 {
positionTouch5LBL.text = String(describing: touches[4].location(in: view))
} else {
positionTouch5LBL.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}

Answer 1

You could put your labels inside another array and iterate through them:
let labelsArray = [positionTouch1LBL, positionTouch2LBL, positionTouch3LBL, positionTouch4BL, positionTouch5LBL]
for i in 0..<labelsArray.count {
// Get i-th UILabel
let label = labelsArray[i]
if touches.count >= (i+1) {
label.text = String(describing: touches[i].location(in: view))
}else{
label.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
}
This way you are able to group redundant code

Answer 2

You could do that by putting your labels in an array and iterate through them in the following way:
let labelsArray = [UILabel(), UILabel(), ... ] // An array containing your labels
for (index, element) in labelsArray.enumerated() {
if index < touches.count {
element.text = String(describing: touches[index].location(in: view))
} else {
element.text = "0.0 / 0.0"
}
}
Good luck!