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Mastering Swift 5.3

You're reading from   Mastering Swift 5.3 Upgrade your knowledge and become an expert in the latest version of the Swift programming language

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562158
Length 418 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Jon Hoffman Jon Hoffman
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Taking the First Steps with Swift 2. Swift Documentation and Installing Swift FREE CHAPTER 3. Learning about Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators 4. Optional Types 5. Using Swift Collections 6. Control Flow 7. Functions 8. Classes, Structures, and Protocols 9. Protocols and Protocol Extensions 10. Protocol-Oriented Design 11. Generics 12. Error Handling and Availability 13. Custom Subscripting 14. Working with Closures 15. Advanced and Custom Operators 16. Concurrency and Parallelism in Swift 17. Custom Value Types 18. Memory Management 19. Swift Formatting and Style Guide 20. Adopting Design Patterns in Swift 21. Other Books You May Enjoy
22. Index

Advanced and Custom Operators

When I started learning how to program computers, one of the first things I learned was how to use operators. These include basic operators like assignment and arithmetic operators, which were covered in Chapter 3, Learning about Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators. It wasn't until much later, when I learned how to program in the C language, that I learned about advanced operators such as bitwise operators. While the advanced operators are not as popular as the basic operators, they can be very powerful when used correctly. Advanced operators are especially useful if you are planning on writing applications that use low-level C-based libraries.

In this chapter, you will learn:

  • How to use bitwise operators
  • What overflow operators are for
  • How to write operator methods
  • How to create your own custom operator

In Chapter 3, Learning about Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators, we looked at the most...

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