Like a if statement, guard execution depends on the Boolean value of an expression. We can use guard statements to require that the condition must be true when the guard code is executed after the statement. Unlike if statements, a guard statement always has a else clause that executes the else code in the substation if the condition is not true.
Func Greet (person: [string:string]) { guard-let name = person["name"] else { return } print ("Hello \ (n AME) ") guard Let location = person[' Location '] else { print (" I hope the weather is nice near you. ") Return } print ("I hope the weather is nice in \ (location).")} Greet (["Name": "John"])//prints "Hello john!" Prints "I hope the weather is nice near you." Greet (["Name": "Jane", "Location": "Cupertino"])//prints "Hello jane!" Prints "I hope the weather is nice in Cupertino."
If guard the condition of the statement is met, the code continues to execute after the enclosing curly brace of the protection statement ends. Any variable or constant that uses an optional binding as part of the condition and is assigned a value is available for the code snippet that appears for the remaining protection statements.
If the condition is not met, the code on the else branch will be executed. This branch must transfer control to exit guard the code snippet that appears in the statement. It can be used to control the transfer of statements such as return , break or continue do this, or it calls a method or function that does not return, for example fatalError() .
ifusing statements on demand guard improves the reliability of our code compared to statements that can implement the same functionality. It allows your code to be executed coherently without having to wrap it in a else block, which allows you to handle code that violates the requirements close to the requirements.
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