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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Properties

Patrick McLeod
Patrick McLeod
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Posted by Patrick McLeod
Patrick McLeod
5,913 Points

Using return vs. print

Hi I think this is a pretty simple question but none the less, I´m still a bit confused regarding when I should use return and when I should use print. I know this question is not directly related to the lesson but I´ve wanted to ask it for a while.

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Ian Billings
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Ian Billings
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Ian Billings
Ian Billings
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Hi Patrick,

I would say in most cases you will use return, as return is more useful than print. Print is useful more in a debugging sense as users cannot see the console when the app is running on their device. When a something is returned from a function is can be stored in a variable/constant and used in another part of your application.

Hope that makes sense