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Posted by Alexander Certosimo
Alexander Certosimo
1,774 Points

best way to add seconds to counter app in swift

hey all,

I was curious what the most efficient way to add units to a label would be? For example adding the word "seconds" to the end of a counter?

2 Answers

Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points
Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points

I'm not completely sure if this is what you are looking for but here it is:

    var seconds = 60

    secondsLabel.text = "\(seconds) seconds"

the "seconds" outside of the parentheses would be your unit

Alexander Certosimo
Alexander Certosimo
1,774 Points

hi Brayden,

That was what i was looking for, thank you. My next question was is how i would go about switching the unit from seconds to minutes once it hits 60? Could i use an if statement to make that happen?

Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points
Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points 
var totalSeconds = 73

let minutes = totalSeconds / 60
let seconds = totalSeconds % 60

let time = "\(minutes):\(seconds)"

This prints out 1:13. Make sure you divide total seconds by 60 and not 60.0 in order to get an integer value instead of a decimal for the minutes value.