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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Value vs Reference Types Structs vs Classes

Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
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Posted by Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
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Difference between Struct and Class

Is all the difference between Struct and Class is that a copy of an instance of class is the same as the original instance, and in struct, it creates a new object?

1 Answer

James Marchant
James Marchant
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James Marchant
James Marchant
6,963 Points

A class is passed by reference and a struct is passed by value. So yes, the struct is copied to the new value where as the class is just passing the reference to the object over to the new value, So that value a and value b both 'point' or reference the same object.

Here is a great thread that helped me understand it better on stackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24217586/structure-vs-class-in-swift-language

Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
15,337 Points
Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
15,337 Points

Is that the only difference?