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Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

By : Jon Hoffman
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Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

By: Jon Hoffman

Overview of this book

Swift is a modern, fast, and safe programming language created by Apple. Writing Swift is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and the code runs lightning-fast. Swift’s move to open source has been embraced with open arms and has seen increased adoption in the Linux platform. Our book will introduce you to the Swift language, further delving into all the key concepts you need to create applications for desktop, server, and embedded Linux platforms. We will teach you the best practices to design an application with Swift 3 via design patterns and Protocol-Oriented Programming. Further on, you will learn how to catch and respond to errors within your application. When you have gained a strong knowledge of using Swift in Linux, we’ll show you how to build IoT and robotic projects using Swift on single board computers. By the end of the book, you will have a solid understanding of the Swift Language with Linux and will be able to create your own applications with ease.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Mastering Swift 3 - Linux
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Learning About Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators

Set


The set type is a generic collection that is similar to the array type. While the array type is an ordered collection that may contain duplicate items, the set type is an unordered collection where each item must be unique.

Similar to the key in a dictionary, the type stored in an array must conform to the Hashable protocol. This means that the type must provide a way to compute a hash value for itself. All of Swift's basic types, such as String, Double, Int, and Bool, conform to the Hashable protocol and can be used in a set by default.

Let's look at how we would use the set type.

Initializing a set

There are a couple of ways in which we can initialize a set. Just like the array and dictionary types, Swift needs to know what type of data is going to be stored in it. This means that we must either tell Swift the type of data to store in the set or initialize it with some data so that it can infer the data type.

Just like the array and dictionary types, we use the var and let keywords to declare...