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iOS Build a Vending Machine App in Swift 2.0 Using the Vending Machine Displaying Icons with UIImage

Drew Carver
Drew Carver
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Posted by Drew Carver
Drew Carver
5,189 Points

Why use indexPath.row in a collection view?

In this line of code that he uses:

let item = vendingMachine.selection[indexPath.row]

why is he using indexPath.row instead of indexPath.item? Wouldn't indexPath.row just return the row, not a specific item in the collection?