//: # A Swift Tour
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//: Tradition suggests that the first program in a new language should print the words “Hello, world!” on the screen. In Swift, this can be done in a single line:
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print("Hello, world!")
//: If you have written code in C or Objective-C, this syntax looks familiar to you—in Swift, this line of code is a complete program. You don’t need to import a separate library for functionality like input/output or string handling. Code written at global scope is used as the entry point for the program, so you don’t need a main() function. You also don’t need to write semicolons at the end of every statement.
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//: This tour gives you enough information to start writing code in Swift by showing you how to accomplish a variety of programming tasks. Don’t worry if you don’t understand something—everything introduced in this tour is explained in detail in the rest of this book.
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//: ## Simple Values
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//: Use let to make a constant and var to make a variable. The value of a constant doesn’t need to be known at compile time, but you must assign it a value exactly once. This means you can use constants to name a value that you determine once but use in many places.
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var myVariable = 42
myVariable = 50
let myConstant = 42
//: A constant or variable must have the same type as the value you want to assign to it. However, you don’t always have to write the type explicitly. Providing a value when you create a constant or variable lets the compiler infer its type. In the example above, the compiler infers that myVariable is an integer because its initial value is an integer.
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//: If the initial value doesn’t provide enough information (or if there is no initial value), specify the type by writing it after the variable, separated by a colon.
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let implicitInteger = 70
let implicitDouble = 70.0
let explicitDouble: Double = 70
//: > Experiment:
//: > Create a constant with an explicit type of Float and a value of 4.
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//: Values are never implicitly converted to another type. If you need to convert a value to a different type, explicitly make an instance of the desired type.
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let label = "The width is "
let width = 94
let widthLabel = label + String(width)
//: > Experiment:
//: > Try removing the conversion to String from the last line. What error do you get?
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//: There’s an even simpler way to include values in strings: Write the value in parentheses, and write a backslash (\) before the parentheses. For example:
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let apples = 3
let oranges = 5
let appleSummary = "I have (apples) apples."
let fruitSummary = "I have (apples + oranges) pieces of fruit."
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//: > Use \() to include a floating-point calculation in a string and to include someone’s name in a greeting.
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//: Create arrays and dictionaries using brackets ([]), and access their elements by writing the index or key in brackets. A comma is allowed after the last element.
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var shoppingList = ["catfish", "water", "tulips", "blue paint"]
shoppingList[1] = "bottle of water"
var occupations = [ "Malcolm": "Captain", "Kaylee": "Mechanic", ] occupations["Jayne"] = "Public Relations"
//: To create an empty array or dictionary, use the initializer syntax. //: let emptyArray = String let emptyDictionary = String: Float
//: If type information can be inferred, you can write an empty array as [] and an empty dictionary as [:]—for example, when you set a new value for a variable or pass an argument to a function.
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shoppingList = []
occupations = [:]
//: See License for this sample's licensing information. //: //: Next