First of all, protocol extensions change how reverse is used:

for i in (1...5).reverse() { print(i) } // 5 4 3 2 1

Stride has been reworked in Xcode 7 Beta 6. The new usage is:

for i in 0.stride(to: -8, by: -2) { print(i) } // 0 -2 -4 -6for i in 0.stride(through: -8, by: -2) { print(i) } // 0 -2 -4 -6 -8

It also works for Doubles:

for i in 0.5.stride(to:-0.1, by: -0.1) { print(i) }

Be wary of floating point compares here for the bounds.

Earlier edit for Swift 1.2: As of Xcode 6 Beta 4, by and ReverseRange don‘t exist anymore :[

If you are just looking to reverse a range, the reverse function is all you need:

for i in reverse(1...5) { println(i) } // prints 5,4,3,2,1

As posted by 0x7fffffff there is a new stride construct which can be used to iterate and increment by arbitrary integers. Apple also stated that floating point support is coming.

Sourced from his answer:

for x in stride(from: 0, through: -8, by: -2) {    println(x) // 0, -2, -4, -6, -8}for x in stride(from: 6, to: -2, by: -4) {    println(x) // 6, 2}

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