Interchange Elements of First and Last Rows of a Matrix in Swift

In this article, we will learn how to write a swift program to interchange the elements of first and last in a matrix across rows. Therefore, to interchange the elements we need to swap the elements of the first row with the elements of the last row of the given matrix. For example ?

Original matrix:
2 4 5 6 
3 4 6 2
6 7 7 2
1 1 1 1
So after swapping the first and last rows we get:
1 1 1 1
3 4 6 2
6 7 7 2
2 4 5 6

Algorithm

• Step 1 ? Create a function.

• Step 2 ? Run a for loop to iterate through each element.

• Step 3 ? Swap the elements of the first and last columns.

let temp = mxt[0][x]
mxt[0][x] = mxt[size-1][x]
mxt[size-1][x] = temp

• Step 4 ? Create a matrix.

• Step 5 ? Call the function and pass the matrix into it

• Step 6 ? Print the output.

Example

Following Swift program to interchange the elements of first and last in a matrix across rows.

import Foundation
import Glibc

// Size of the array 
var size = 3

// Function to interchange the elements
// of first and last rows
func FirstLastInterchange(M:[[Int]]){
   var mxt : [[Int]] = M
   
   // Interchanging the elements of first
   // and last rows by swapping 
   for x in 0..<size{
      let temp = mxt[0][x]
      mxt[0][x] = mxt[size-1][x]
      mxt[size-1][x] = temp
   }
   
   // Displaying matrix
   print("Matrix after first and last rows interchange:")
   for m in 0..<size{
      for n in 0..<size{
         print(mxt[m][n], terminator: " ")
      }
      print("\n")
   }
}

// Creating 3x3 matrix of integer type
var myMatrix : [[Int]] = [[11, 33, 44], 
   [55, 66, 77], 
   [88, 33, 22]]

print("Original Matrix:")
for x in 0..<size{
   for y in 0..<size{
      print(myMatrix[x][y], terminator:" ")
   }
   print("\n")
}

// Calling the function 
FirstLastInterchange(M:myMatrix)

Output

Original Matrix:
11 33 44 

55 66 77 

88 33 22 

Matrix after first and last rows interchange:
88 33 22 

55 66 77 

11 33 44 

Here in the above code, we have a 3x3 square matrix. Now we create a function in which we run a for loop from 0 to size?1 and for each iteration we swap the elements of the first(mxt[0][x]) and last(mxt[size?1][x]) rows with each other using temporary variable and display the modified matrix.

Conclusion

So this is how we can interchange the elements of the first and last rows of the given matrix. This method is applicable to any type of matrix-like square, symmetric, horizontal, etc.