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Beginning Swift

You're reading from   Beginning Swift Master the fundamentals of programming in Swift 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534313
Length 202 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Flow control structures enable developers to apply logical processes and make decisions about what code is executed. Most modern programming languages provide a similar set of flow control structures:

  • The if statements execute code blocks when a Boolean condition is true.

  • The while loops execute blocks of code while a Boolean condition remains true.

  • The for loops execute blocks of code a specific number of times.

It's said that virtually any programming control flow requirement can be implemented with a while statement alone. However, the other various control structures allow programmers to create control flow that's more concise and clearly expresses the intent of the logical program flow.

Indeed, Swift provides a rich and powerful set of control structures, which you'll learn about in this section.

The if Statement

The most basic flow control statement in programming is the if statement, which executes a block of code if some Boolean expression...

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Published in: May 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789534313
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