Reducing the number of brackets in Swift

Question

Does anyone know if there is a way to use some kind shorthand in swift? more specifically, leaving out the braces in things like IF statements... eg

if num == 0
         


        

Answer 1

Swift 2.0 update Method 1:

a != nil ? a! : b

Method 2: Shorthand if

b = a ?? ""

Referance: Apple Docs: Ternary Conditional Operator

and it does work,

u.dob = (userInfo["dob"] as? String) != nil ? (userInfo["dob"] as! String):""

I am replacing a json string with blank string if it is nil.

Edit: Adding Gerardo Medina`s suggestion...we can always use shorthand If

u.dob = userInfo["dob"] as? String ?? ""