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  • Anthia Tillbury
    Anthia Tillbury
    3,388 Points

    Using guard statement on nested dictionary?

    Posted September 10, 2017 4:09pm by Anthia Tillbury
    Anthia Tillbury
    3,388 Points
    • iOS
    • Enumerations and Optionals in Swift
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Early Exits Using Guard

    4 Answers

  • Cian Brennan
    Cian Brennan
    1,573 Points

    Why is the function accepting a dictionary?

    Posted July 7, 2017 3:27pm by Cian Brennan
    Cian Brennan
    1,573 Points
    • iOS
    • Enumerations and Optionals in Swift
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Early Exits Using Guard

    1 Answer

  • lvwdhydynw
    lvwdhydynw
    6,443 Points

    Why do we "guard" a name and an age here instead of address?

    Posted April 28, 2017 3:16pm by lvwdhydynw
    lvwdhydynw
    6,443 Points
    • iOS
    • Enumerations and Optionals in Swift
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Early Exits Using Guard

    3 Answers

  • Adam Petritsis
    Adam Petritsis
    2,942 Points

    Failable initialiser error

    Posted February 20, 2017 1:28pm by Adam Petritsis
    Adam Petritsis
    2,942 Points
    • iOS
    • Enumerations and Optionals in Swift
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Early Exits Using Guard

    2 Answers

  • ABHINAV VERMA
    ABHINAV VERMA
    6,033 Points

    If instead of checking if name and age properties are not nil using guard, we had to check address which is optional?

    Posted January 19, 2017 5:29pm by ABHINAV VERMA
    ABHINAV VERMA
    6,033 Points
    • iOS
    • Enumerations and Optionals in Swift
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Early Exits Using Guard

    1 Answer

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