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Swift 5.7 references for busy coders

Switch (case let)

Switch case let can be used with enums with associated values.

Example:

enum Barcode {
  case qr(String)
  case upc(Int, Int, Int, Int)
}

func describe(_ code: Barcode) {
  switch code {
  case let .qr(value):
    print("QR: \(value)")
  case let .upc(ns, m, i, c):
    print("UPC: \(ns) \(m) \(i) \(c)")
  }
}

describe(Barcode.qr("example.com"))
describe(Barcode.upc(0, 12345, 67890, 5))
// Output:
// QR: example.com
// UPC: 0 12345 67890 5

If case let equivalent:

enum Barcode {
  case qr(String)
  case upc(Int, Int, Int, Int)
}

func describe(_ code: Barcode) {
  if case let .qr(value) = code {
    print("QR: \(value)")
  } else if case let .upc(ns, m, i, c) = code {
    print("UPC: \(ns) \(m) \(i) \(c)")
  }
}

describe(Barcode.qr("example.com"))
describe(Barcode.upc(0, 12345, 67890, 5))
// Output:
// QR: example.com
// UPC: 0 12345 67890 5

Alternatively, let can be written before each variable name:

Same example as above:

enum Barcode {
  case qr(String)
  case upc(Int, Int, Int, Int)
}

func describe(_ code: Barcode) {
  switch code {
  case .qr(let value):
    print("QR: \(value)")
  case .upc(let ns, let m, let i, let c):
    print("UPC: \(ns) \(m) \(i) \(c)")
  }
}

describe(Barcode.qr("example.com"))
describe(Barcode.upc(0, 12345, 67890, 5))
// Output:
// QR: example.com
// UPC: 0 12345 67890 5

If case let equivalent:

enum Barcode {
  case qr(String)
  case upc(Int, Int, Int, Int)
}

func describe(_ code: Barcode) {
  if case .qr(let value) = code {
    print("QR: \(value)")
  } else if case .upc(let ns, let m, let i, let c) = code {
    print("UPC: \(ns) \(m) \(i) \(c)")
  }
}

describe(Barcode.qr("example.com"))
describe(Barcode.upc(0, 12345, 67890, 5))
// Output:
// QR: example.com
// UPC: 0 12345 67890 5

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