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  • jurgen meco
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    why do we need functions in swift, and what is an easy to understand definition of a func, or function?

    Posted June 21, 2016 7:40pm by jurgen meco
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  • Varun Bansal
    Varun Bansal
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    I noticed you have a drop-down menu on your maximize window button and curios to know how to get it?

    Posted August 10, 2015 6:36pm by Varun Bansal
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  • isabelbolger
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    Does not allow me to have calculateArea(12, 10) I must have, width: before the 10. Why is it making me do this?

    Posted August 5, 2015 10:02pm by isabelbolger
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  • Romi Stepovich
    Romi Stepovich
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    I am getting this error message about my String `greeting` function

    Posted June 10, 2015 9:28pm by Romi Stepovich
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  • fediesonlandicho
    fediesonlandicho
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    Why does he use "let" instead of "var" when building a function?

    Posted January 8, 2015 5:52pm by fediesonlandicho
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  • Blaine Fallis
    Blaine Fallis
    2,449 Points

    string interpolation was hard at first but I read about it at developer.apple. made more sense. Is it unique to Swift?

    Posted October 25, 2014 5:59am by Blaine Fallis
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