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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Control Flow If Statement

Omotayo Olawepo
Omotayo Olawepo
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Posted by Omotayo Olawepo
Omotayo Olawepo
2,803 Points

hi i don't know what i got wrong over here. could yall help me out :)

if i'm far off just give me a hint but if i like just spelt something wrong or it's something very minimal it would be great if you point it out. thanks :)

months.swift 
let months = [1, 2, 3]

for month in months {
    if month == 1 {
        println("January")
    } else if month == 2 {
        println("February")
    } else month == 3 {
        println("March") }
}

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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You're just missing an "if" in the last one to print out "March". Yes, sometimes you can just use an "else" statement, but you don't put a condition with the else statement, the else case would be for any other cases. And in this example, that isn't what you want. You would only want to print out "March" with the number 3, not with any other number that might be there.