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  • Egor Bedunkevich
    Egor Bedunkevich
    643 Points

    Why is the constant the closure and not the function? Didn't reslly get that

    Posted April 26, 2016 8:42am by Egor Bedunkevich
    Egor Bedunkevich
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    • iOS
    • Swift Closures
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  • Egor Bedunkevich
    Egor Bedunkevich
    643 Points

    Why is the constant the closure and not the function? Didn't reslly get that

    Posted April 26, 2016 8:42am by Egor Bedunkevich
    Egor Bedunkevich
    643 Points
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    • Swift Closures
    • Functions as First Class Citizens
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    0 Answers

  • Christian Dangaard
    Christian Dangaard
    3,378 Points

    Higher Order Functions Code Challenge - My Brain Hurts

    Posted January 18, 2016 9:34am by Christian Dangaard
    Christian Dangaard
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    3 Answers

  • Ken Lawler
    Ken Lawler
    163 Points

    When do you include parentheses on the end of the function name?

    Posted January 3, 2016 6:49am by Ken Lawler
    Ken Lawler
    163 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Antonija Pek
    Antonija Pek
    5,819 Points

    Explain this code

    Posted September 5, 2015 3:00pm by Antonija Pek
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    3 Answers

  • dexter foo
    dexter foo
    8,233 Points

    why does the constant work with integers but not the function which the constant is assigned to?

    Posted July 26, 2015 8:13am by dexter foo
    dexter foo
    8,233 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Kishan S
    Kishan S
    15,410 Points

    Capturing Variables Difference?

    Posted July 19, 2015 2:10pm by Kishan S
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    0 Answers

  • Will Matthews
    Will Matthews
    8,127 Points

    Also stuck on Higher-Order function challenge...

    Posted July 10, 2015 9:31am by Will Matthews
    Will Matthews
    8,127 Points
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    6 Answers

  • Richard Lu
    Richard Lu
    20,185 Points

    Outer function variables

    Posted July 7, 2015 1:38am by Richard Lu
    Richard Lu
    20,185 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Kishan S
    Kishan S
    15,410 Points

    Why do we use parentheses here?

    Posted July 1, 2015 4:27pm by Kishan S
    Kishan S
    15,410 Points
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  • Dennis Henley
    Dennis Henley
    3,421 Points

    When to use parentheses

    Posted June 19, 2015 8:25pm by Dennis Henley
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  • Christopher Mayfield
    Christopher Mayfield
    19,928 Points

    I'm totally stuck on the swift closures challenge.

    Posted June 10, 2015 6:32am by Christopher Mayfield
    Christopher Mayfield
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    3 Answers

  • Adrian Yeow
    Adrian Yeow
    13,866 Points

    Return Void

    Posted June 10, 2015 5:14am by Adrian Yeow
    Adrian Yeow
    13,866 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Adrian Yeow
    Adrian Yeow
    13,866 Points

    returning functions

    Posted June 10, 2015 4:54am by Adrian Yeow
    Adrian Yeow
    13,866 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Matt Frerichs
    Matt Frerichs
    4,015 Points

    What is a Void return type?

    Posted June 3, 2015 2:46pm by Matt Frerichs
    Matt Frerichs
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