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

You could always put the entire if on one line:

if num == 0 { temp = 0 }

Answer 2

You could use a shorthand if statement like you would in objective-c:

num1 < num2 ? DO SOMETHING IF TRUE : DO SOMETHING IF FALSE

Answer 3

It is called shorthand if-else condition. If you are into iOS development in Swift, then you can also manipulate your UI objects' behaviour with this property.

For e.g. - I want my button to be enabled only when there is some text in the textfield. In other words, should stay disabled when character count in textfield is zero.

button.enabled = (textField.characters.count > 0) ? true : false

Answer 4

You can do that :

let x = 10, y = 20;
let max = (x < y) ? y : x ; // So max = 20

And so much interesting things :

let max = (x < y) ? "y is greater than x" : "x is greater than y" // max = "y is greater than x"
let max = (x < y) ? true : false // max = true
let max = (x > y) ? func() : anotherFunc() // max = anotherFunc()
(x < y) ? func() : anotherFunc() // code is running func()

This following stack : http://codereview.stackexchange.com can be better for your question ;)

Edit : ternary operators and compilation

By doing nothing more than replacing the ternary operator with an if else statement, the build time was reduced by 92.9%.

https://medium.com/@RobertGummesson/regarding-swift-build-time-optimizations-fc92cdd91e31#.42uncapwc

Answer 5

In swift you have to add braces even if there is just one statement in if:

if num == 0 {
  // Do something
}

You cannot leave the braces, that how swift if statement work.

Answer 6

its very simple : in Swift 4

    playButton.currentTitle == "Play" ? startPlay() : stopPlay()

Original Code is

    if playButton.currentTitle == "Play"{
     StartPlay()
    }else{
     StopPlay()
    }