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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics An Introduction to Swift Programming Working With Variables

Posted by Ravi Soni
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Ravi Soni
iOS Development Techdegree Student 1,123 Points

var is an datatype ??

var ??

variables.swift 
var str = "Hello World!!!"
str
var number = 56
number
number = 45
number

1 Answer

David Lin
David Lin
35,864 Points
David Lin
David Lin
35,864 Points

var is a keyword which stands for "variable." Its type can be inferred or explicitly declared.

For example, the following is explicitly declared to be of type String:

var myString: String = "I am a explicitly typed String."

... while the following is inferred to be of type String:

var myString = "I am an inferred type String."