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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Control Flow Exercise: FizzBuzz Generator

Dean Osborne
Dean Osborne
3,775 Points
Posted by Dean Osborne
Dean Osborne
3,775 Points

Conditions closed in parenthesis??

In the solution video, all the conditions are surrounded by parenthesis. Why is this? I had a very similar solution but with no parenthesis.

2 Answers

Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
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Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Hello Dean :

You may want to take a look at the video for operator precedence. There you’ll find your answer to why he uses them. In this example it’s optional, and you can have your code without the parenthesis.

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/swift-basics/operators/operator-precedence

Dean Osborne
Dean Osborne
3,775 Points
Dean Osborne
Dean Osborne
3,775 Points

Hi Jhoan,

Thanks for the response. As you suggested I took another look at the operator precedence video. This cleared everything up. Thanks again.

Phil Hanson
Phil Hanson
764 Points
Phil Hanson
Phil Hanson
764 Points

I had this exact answer without parenthesis, lol. Why are they needed if Swift reads code left to right, and don't see where operators come into play???