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iOS Swift 2.0 Enumerations and Optionals Introduction to Optionals Nil Values in Collections

Paul Je
Paul Je
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Posted by Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points

Help! Not sure how the syntax must be formatted in order to assign from nested array

Unsure; it says that I should be retrieving property 0 on nested array which in my case is castInMovies after combining it with movieTitle. There are no other error messages otherwise - any help would be appreciated!

optionals.swift 
let movieDictionary = ["Spectre": ["cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Christoph Waltz", "LÊa Seydoux", "Ralph Fiennes", "Monica Bellucci", "Naomie Harris"]]]

var leadActor: String = ""

// Enter code below


if let movieTitle = movieDictionary["Spectre"],
    let castInMovies = movieTitle["cast"],
      var leadActor: String = castInMovies[0] {
      print(leadActor)
     } else {
     print("Whoops, this is not Daniel Craig! Maybe somebody else on this list")
     }

1 Answer

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Try this:

let movieDictionary = ["Spectre": ["cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Christoph Waltz", "LÊa Seydoux", "Ralph Fiennes", "Monica Bellucci", "Naomie Harris"]]]

var leadActor: String = ""

// Enter code below

if let movie = movieDictionary["Spectre"] { if let cast = movie["cast"] { leadActor = cast[0] }

}

Parvinder Grewal
Parvinder Grewal
3,678 Points
Parvinder Grewal
Parvinder Grewal
3,678 Points

Cindy Lea , thanks for your answer. I was having trouble on how to assign position 0 after the unpacking.