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Egor Bedunkevich
643 PointsCreating Arrays
I did some code and I do understand what we have learned about arrays, but I came across something that I had to ask. Let us say that I am creating an array outside any other methods(not sure about what they are called. Can some one explain?):
var notUsableArray = ["Hello", "World", "Swift", "Programming"]
override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad()
}
I have created my array. I know that I can add more items into it, but why can´t I do this?
var notUsableArray = ["Hello", "World", "Swift", "Programming"]
notUsableArray += ["Hello", "Stuff", "Code"]
override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad()
}
I can do in viewDidLoad and more, but why can´t I do it there? The error that I get is : Expected decleration
Please explain this to me in detail :)