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David Duong
513 PointsWhen creating a dictionary can you have long definitions? For instance ["key1" : "paragraph over several sentences"]?
If not could you create a dictionary as ["key1" : (place holder for paragraph)]?
1 Answer
Michael Hulet
47,912 PointsA dictionary can hold anything, as long as its keys are Hashable. That means you can add any string you'd like, no matter how long. Swift can handle it all!
David Duong
513 PointsDavid Duong
513 PointsSo you would create a dictionary with ["key1" : "abc", "key2" : "def"] in the viewController then in another Swift file have it set up so that "abc" = """paragraph1""", "def" = """paragraph2"""? Of course you'd have to set up your class and variables, etc.
Much like how an actual dictionary works. There is a word and tapping on that word leads to a long definition or multiple definitions.
Michael Hulet
47,912 PointsMichael Hulet
47,912 PointsThat's something you could do, if you wanna. It doesn't matter whether you initialize it that way or if you set it to be that way after you've defined it (assuming you store it as a
varinstead of alet), it can hold whatever you want it to