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iosswiftswift2guard-statement

Guard operation Swift 2

I use Swift 2 and Xcode 7.

I would like to know the difference between

if condition { ... } else { ... }

and 

guard ... else ...
Solution

  • The really big difference is when you are doing an optional binding:

    if let x = xOptional {
    if let y = yOptional {
        // ... and now x and y are in scope, _nested_
    }
}

    Contrast this:

    guard let x = xOptional else {return}
guard let y = yOptional else {return}
// ... and now x and y are in scope _at top level_

    For this reason, I often have a succession of multiple guard statements before I get to the meat of the routine.