How is Swift `if let` evaluated?

Essentially the line is saying, “if you can let the new variable name equal the non-optional version of optionalName, do the following with it”. As Martin pointed out, this is called Optional Binding. The sole purpose of it is to test if an optional variable contains an actual value and bind the non-optional form to … Read more

Is “IF” expensive?

At the very lowest level (in the hardware), yes, ifs are expensive. In order to understand why, you have to understand how pipelines work. The current instruction to be executed is stored in something typically called the instruction pointer (IP) or program counter (PC); these terms are synonymous, but different terms are used with different … Read more

How to use if-else condition on gitlabci

Hereunder three syntax options for that kind of statement. From gitlab-ci documentation : Using shell variable deploy-dev: image: testimage environment: dev tags: – kubectl script: – if [ “$flag” == “true” ]; then MODULE=”demo1″; else MODULE=”demo2″; fi – kubectl apply -f ${MODULE} –record=true Using shell variable with yaml multiline block deploy-dev: image: testimage environment: dev … Read more

Using multiple let-as within a if-statement in Swift

Update for Swift 3: The following will work in Swift 3: if let latitudeDouble = latitude as? Double, let longitudeDouble = longitude as? Double { // latitudeDouble and longitudeDouble are non-optional in here } Just be sure to remember that if one of the attempted optional bindings fail, the code inside the if-let block won’t … Read more

Is it a bad practice to use an if-statement without curly braces? [closed]

The problem with the first version is that if you go back and add a second statement to the if or else clauses without remembering to add the curly braces, your code will break in unexpected and amusing ways. Maintainability-wise, it’s always smarter to use the second form. EDIT: Ned points this out in the … Read more

Can I use the range operator with if statement in Swift?

You can use the “pattern-match” operator ~=: if 200 … 299 ~= statusCode { print(“success”) } Or a switch-statement with an expression pattern (which uses the pattern-match operator internally): switch statusCode { case 200 … 299: print(“success”) default: print(“failure”) } Note that ..< denotes a range that omits the upper value, so you probably want … Read more