Using the Swift if let with logical AND operator &&

Question

We know that we can use an if let statement as a shorthand to check for an optional nil then unwrap.

However, I want to combine that with another expression

Answer 1

It is not possible.

From Swift grammar

GRAMMAR OF AN IF STATEMENT

if-statement → if ­if-condition­ code-block­ else-clause­opt­

if-condition → expression­ | declaration­

else-clause → else­ code-block­ | else­ if-statement­

The value of any condition in an if statement must have a type that conforms to the BooleanType protocol. The condition can also be an optional binding declaration, as discussed in Optional Binding

if-condition must be expression­ or declaration­. You can't have both expression and declaration.

let foo = bar is a declaration, it doesn't evaluate to a value that conforms to BooleanType. It declares a constant/variable foo.

Your original solution is good enough, it is much more readable then combining the conditions.