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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics An Introduction to Swift Programming Constants

Posted by Evan Melucci
Evan Melucci
306 Points

Why was the colon erased in the first comment?

Just wondering if it is needed.

2 Answers

Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

You need to elaborate. We dont have time to watch the whole video. Please copy the statement or the code where colon was erased and place it in the discussion so we can see it.

erickwatson
erickwatson
1,783 Points
erickwatson
erickwatson
1,783 Points

In the video the instructor changed the comment from the general one originally contained in the playground, to:

// variables

so that he could be organised in a way that allowed a later portion of the editor to be sectioned off as:

// constants

So Evan is asking if the colon in the original comment was there for some functional reason.