In Swift how can I sort one array based on another array?

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let array1: [Double] = [1.2, 2.4, 20.0, 10.9, 1.5]
let array2: [Int] = [1, 0, 2, 0, 3]

// use zip to combine the two arrays and sort that based on the first    
let combined = zip(array1, array2).sorted {$0.0 < $1.0}
print(combined) // "[(1.2, 1), (1.5, 3), (2.4, 0), (10.9, 0), (20.0, 2)]"

// use map to extract the individual arrays    
let sorted1 = combined.map {$0.0}
let sorted2 = combined.map {$0.1}

print(sorted1)  // "[1.2, 1.5, 2.4, 10.9, 20.0]"
print(sorted2)  // "[1, 3, 0, 0, 2]"

Sorting more than 2 arrays together

If you have 3 or more arrays to sort together, you can sort one of the arrays along with its offsets, use map to extract the offsets, and then use map to order the other arrays:

let english = ["three", "five", "four", "one", "two"]
let ints = [3, 5, 4, 1, 2]
let doubles = [3.0, 5.0, 4.0, 1.0, 2.0]
let roman = ["III", "V", "IV", "I", "II"]

// Sort english array in alphabetical order along with its offsets
// and then extract the offsets using map
let offsets = english.enumerated().sorted { $0.element < $1.element }.map { $0.offset }

// Use map on the array of ordered offsets to order the other arrays
let sorted_english = offsets.map { english[$0] }
let sorted_ints = offsets.map { ints[$0] }
let sorted_doubles = offsets.map { doubles[$0] }
let sorted_roman = offsets.map { roman[$0] }

print(sorted_english)
print(sorted_ints)
print(sorted_doubles)
print(sorted_roman)

Output:

["five", "four", "one", "three", "two"]
[5, 4, 1, 3, 2]
[5.0, 4.0, 1.0, 3.0, 2.0]
["V", "IV", "I", "III", "II"]

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