Strings in Switch Statements: 'String' does not conform to protocol 'IntervalType'

Question

I am having problems using strings in switch statements in Swift.

I have a dictionary called opts which is declared as

Answer 1

Try using:

let str:String = opts["type"] as String
switch str {
case "abc":
    println("Type is abc")
case "def":
    println("Type is def")
default:
    println("Type is something else")
}