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Tuples

Tuples are compound types made up of multiple values. They are used to group related bits of information, for simpler things that don’t need structs or classes The values in a tuple don’t have to be of the same type.

Composing a tuple

let player = (name: "Maya", level: 5, score: 150)

print(player) // (name: "Maya", level: 5, score: 150)
print("\(player.name): level \(player.level), \(player.score) pts") // Maya: level 5, 150 pts

The labels are optional:

let player = ("Maya", 5, 150)

print(player) // ("Maya", 5, 150)
print("\(player.0): level \(player.1), \(player.2) pts") // Maya: level 5, 150 pts

Decomposing a tuple

A tuple can be decomposed into separate variables with any name:

let player = (name: "Maya", level: 5, score: 150)

let (currentName, currentLevel, currentScore) = player
print("\(currentName): level \(currentLevel), \(currentScore) pts") // Maya: level 5, 150 pts

If only some values are needed, _ may be used to avoid creating a variable for unused values:

let player = (name: "Maya", level: 5, score: 150)

let (currentName, _, _) = player
print("The current player is \(currentName).") // The current player is Maya.