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  • Ryan Maneo
    Ryan Maneo
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    Can you only optional bind with Dictionaries?

    Posted October 9, 2016 11:05pm by Ryan Maneo
    Ryan Maneo
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

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  • Cory Norell
    Cory Norell
    10,613 Points

    Wrapping/Unwrapping

    Posted September 13, 2016 5:32pm by Cory Norell
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

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  • Chris Lopez
    Chris Lopez
    8,155 Points

    How does optional binding work with the first example of force unwrapping?

    Posted August 4, 2016 4:52pm by Chris Lopez
    Chris Lopez
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

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  • Gabriel Mititelu
    Gabriel Mititelu
    5,881 Points

    I think it's personal.

    Posted July 21, 2016 1:49pm by Gabriel Mititelu
    Gabriel Mititelu
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

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  • Taylor Amsler
    Taylor Amsler
    4,427 Points

    What is the value in the new syntax for "If-let" optional binding? I only see minor differences.

    Posted May 25, 2016 10:47pm by Taylor Amsler
    Taylor Amsler
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

    2 Answers

  • Stijn van Lieshout
    Stijn van Lieshout
    3,646 Points

    Code passes test but gets "Statements are not allowed at the top level" error in Xcode. Why?

    Posted February 14, 2016 10:56am by Stijn van Lieshout
    Stijn van Lieshout
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    • iOS
    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

    1 Answer

  • Stephan Porsche
    Stephan Porsche
    2,864 Points

    I'm getting the error "Initializer for conditional binding must have Optional type, not 'String" in the following task.

    Posted December 8, 2015 5:28pm by Stephan Porsche
    Stephan Porsche
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    • Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals
    • Introduction to Optionals
    • Optional Binding

    4 Answers

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