Python “or” equivalent in Swift?

Question

Due to Swift cool behaviors I was looking for an or equivalent in Swift.

Something like this:

variable = value or default

Answer 1

Use ??:

var optional:String?
var defaultValue:String = "VALUE"

var myString:String = optional ?? defaultValue

print(myString)

Answer 2

You could use the nil coalescing operator

let variable = optional ?? default