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He Li
Courses Plus Student 2,077 Pointswhy need line 26 if statement?
since there's already a if let statement on line 25, why there's still another if statement on line 26 to check whether batteries is nil?
3 Answers
Evan Demaris
64,262 PointsHello He,
It's really helpful if you include a little more information - line 26 of which challenge/video, or which code you're working on?
However, with swift optionals, the if let is checking if the value is nil. A nil value means the code block following won't execute. The if statement afterwards would check if the value is true or false - false means that there was a response, but it was negative, and nil means there was no response.
Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 PointsHi.
Quite simply said: This is called nesting. The second if statement will be evaluated if the first if statement evaluates to true.
Hope this helped.
He Li
Courses Plus Student 2,077 PointsNow I understand. The first if statement determine whether it's nil, and the nested one determine whether the value is true of false. I guess I messed up with nil with false.