Control Flow
loop
- while
- for-in
- repeat while
condition branch
- if
switch
where
- guard
control transfer statements
- break
- continue
- fallthrough
- return
- throw
Loop
For-In Loops
var pets = ["cat", "dog"]for pet in pets { print(pet)}for index in 0..<2 { print(pets[index])}// if we don't need the value from the 0..<2, use the underscore to ignore the value.var n = 1for _ in 0..<2 { print(n) n += 1}var words = [11: "fine", 2: "happiness"]for (key, word) in words { print("\(key): \(word)")}Stride Function
let minutes = 60let interval = 5for tickMark in stride(from: 0, to: minutes, by: interval) { // render the mark every 5 minutes. // 0, 5, 10, ... , 50, 55}// closed rangefor tickMark in stride(from: 0, through: minutes, by: inerval { // render the mark every 5 minutes. // 0, 5, 10, ... , 50, 55, 60}The for-in can be only use to the object which conform to the Sequence protocol.
While
var a = 0while a < 10 { print(a) // 0 to 9 a += 1}Repeat While
The content that repeat while enclose with {} will run at least once.
var a = 0while a < 0 { print(a) a += 1}// will not printrepeat { print(a) a += 1}while a < 0// will print 0Condition
If
var a = 4if a < 5 { // smaller than 5} else if a > 5 { // bigger than 5} else { // equal to 5}Switch
The body of each case must contain at least one executable statement.
No Implicit Fallthrough: no need to write ‘break’ in each case, switch do only one case.
var s: String = "as"switch s { case "aa", "AA": print("not the target") case "as": print("yes") default: print("I don't know")}Interval Matching
var a = 40var amount: String?switch a { case ..<0: amount = nil case 0: amount = "no" case 1...10: amount = "few" case 11..<50: amount = "some" case 50..<100: amount = "many" default: amount = "much"}Tuples
- Use underscore as a wildcard pattern.
- The point (0, 0) would match
case (0, 0)first, and so all other matching cases would be ignored.
let point = (1, 1)switch point {case (0, 0): print("It's origin")case (_, 0): print("It's on x axis")case (0, _): print("It's on y axis")case (-2...2, -2...2): print("It's in the box")default: print("Out of box")}Value Bindings
- The case can name value or values from the matched test, for use in the body of the case.
- It can only use in tuple test.
let point = (2, 0)switch point {case (let x, 0): print("(\(x),0) is on x axis")case (0, let y): print("(0, \(y) is on y axis")case let(x, y): print("(\(x), \(y)) not on axis")}Where
- Add a condition for the value or values from the test.
let point = (2, -2)switch point {case let(x, y) where x == y: print("(\(x), \(y)) is on the line y = x")case let(x, y) where x == -y: print("(\(x), \(y) is on the line y = -x")case let(x, y): print("(\(x), \(y)) others")}Compound Cases
- Multiple cases can compounded into one.
- The pattern can be written over multiple lines.
let c = "a"switch c {case "a", "e", "i", "o", "u": print("It's a vowel.")case "b", "c", "d", "f", "g","h", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n","p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "v","w", "x", "y", "z": print("It's a consonant.")default: print("It's not an alphabet.")}Compound with tuple binding
Every pattern in a case must include the temporary object(
distance), so the code in the body of thecasecan always access a value fordistance.let point = (1, 0)switch point {case (0, let distance), (let distance, 0): print("point is on the axis, distance \(distance)")default: print("point isn't on the axis")}---
## Control Transfer Statements
### Continue
Tells a loop to stop what it’s doing and start again at the beginning of the next iteration through the loop.
var nums: [Int] = []for n in 1...10 { if n % 2 == 0 { continue } nums.append(n)}print(nums)resule
[1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
### Break```swiftvar nums: [Int] = []for n in 1...10 { if n == 5 { break } nums.append(n)}print(nums)```- result [1, 2, 3, 4] Break in a switch- comments aren’t statement, use a `break` when the case body is empty.```swiftlet n = 5switch n {case 1: print("one")case 2: print("I want to break") break print("two") // it won't do thiscase 3: print("three")default: break}```Fallthrough
In Swift , oneswitch only execute one case . If we want to execute multiple cases, use the fallthrough .
let n = 5switch n {case 5: print("five") fallthrough // go on the code in the switchdefault: print("believe it or not") break}Labeled Statements
The break and continue can only affect the current for, while, switch, repeat while. So when we want to break or continue the outside loop or switch, we can use the labeled statements.
break
var a = 1var sum = 0aLoop: while a < 10 { while a < 5 { if a == 3 { a += 5 break aLoop } a += 1 print("add a: \(a)") } print(a) a += 1}result
add a: 2
add a: 3
continue
var a = 1var sum = 0aLoop: while a < 10 { while a < 5 { if a == 3 { a+=5 // now the a is 8 continue aLoop } a += 1 print("add a: \(a)") } print(a) a += 1}result
add a: 2
add a: 3
8
9It continue the outside while loop.
---## Early ExitA `guard` must have else clause after it.It’s to exit early.```swiftfunc play(ball: String?) { guard let str = ball else { print("no ball") return // the guard's else can't fall through, here we use the return to end the excution. } print(str) // it's available after the guard's statement.}play(ball: nil)```## Checking API Availability```swiftif #available(iOS 10, macOS 10.12, *) { } else { // Fall back to earlier iOS and macOS APIs}```