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I converted an NSIndexSet to an [Int] array using the answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/28964059/6481734 I need to do essentially the opposite, turning the same kind of array back into an NSIndexSet.

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Swift 3

IndexSet can be created directly from an array literal using init(arrayLiteral:), like so:

let indices: IndexSet = [1, 2, 3]

Original answer (Swift 2.2)

Similar to pbasdf's answer, but uses forEach(_:)

let array = [1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10]

let indexSet = NSMutableIndexSet()
array.forEach(indexSet.add) //Swift 3
//Swift 2.2: array.forEach{indexSet.addIndex($0)}

print(indexSet)
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  • Thanks, but if I use to reloadTableSection is it work to one section?
    – Bruno
    Commented Oct 18, 2016 at 18:32
  • 1
    @BrunoFernandes Uh... What?
    – Alexander
    Commented Oct 19, 2016 at 1:26
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This will be a lot easier in Swift 3:

let array = [1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10]
let indexSet = IndexSet(array)

Wow!

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  • Even better, it can be assigned from an Integer Literal. See my answer
    – Alexander
    Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 18:19
  • @AlexanderMomchliov Excellent, that is even better.
    – matt
    Commented Oct 14, 2016 at 18:45
  • It is very annoying this can't be seen by typing IndexSet.init and using an autocomplete option.
    – Sethmr
    Commented Nov 15, 2018 at 15:48
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Swift 3+

let fromRange = IndexSet(0...10)
let fromArray = IndexSet([1, 2, 3, 5, 8])

Added this answer because the fromRange option wasn't mentioned yet.

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Swift 4.2

From existing array:

let arr = [1, 3, 8]
let indexSet = IndexSet(arr)

From array literal:

let indexSet: IndexSet = [1, 3, 8]
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You can use a NSMutableIndexSet and its addIndex method:

let array : [Int] = [1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10]
print(array)
let indexSet = NSMutableIndexSet()
for index in array {
    indexSet.addIndex(index)
}
print(indexSet)

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