Swift Basic Operators

assignment operator

• it the right side of a assignment operator is a tuple with multiple values, you can decompose its elements into multiple constants or variables

let (x, y) = (1, 2)

• the assignment operator does not return a value

arithmetic operators

• 4 standerd arithmetic operators for all number type
  • addition (+)
  • subtraction (-)
  • multiplication(*)
  • division(/)
• arithmetic operators don’s allow values to overflow by default
• addition operator is supported for String concatenation

let helloworld = "hello " + "world!"

remainder operator

let a = 5, b = -3
let c = a % b // c = 2

the sign of b is ignored for negative values of b.
that means a % b and a % -b always return the same answer

compound assignment operators

• compound assignment operators combine assignment with other operator

var a = 1
a += 1

the compound operators don’t return a value. you can’t write let b = a += 2

comparison operators

• identity operators === and !==
• you can use identity operators to find out whether 2 object references both refer to the same object
• you can compare 2 tuples if they have the same type and the same number of values
• tuples compare from left to right, one value at a time, until the comparison finds 2 values that are not equal

(1, "z") < (2, "a")
(3, "a") < (3, "b")
(4, "d") == (4, "d")

• tuples can be compared with a given operator only if the operator can be applied to each value in the tuples

("blue", -1) < ("purple", 1)        // OK, evaluates to true
("blue", false) < ("purple", true)  
// Error because < can not compare Boolean values

nil-coalescing operator

• the nil-coalescing operator (a ?? b)unwrap an optional a if a contains a value, or return b if a is nil
• a is always of an optional type, and b must match the type that is stored inside a
• the nil-coalescing operator can be converted to ternary conditional operator

a ?? b
a != nil ? a! : b

note: if a is non-nil, the value of b is not evaluated

let defaultColorName = "red"
var userDefineColorName: String?
var colorName = userDefineColorName ?? defaultColorName

range operators

closed range operator

• the closed range operator (a…b) defines a range from a to b, and include a and b

half-open range operator

• hte half-open range operator (a…<b) defines a range from a to b, includes a but doesn’t include b
• if a equals to b, the resulting range will be empty
• half-open range operator is useful when you work with zero-based lists such as arrays

let names = ["Anna", "Alex", "Brian", "Jack"]
let count = names.count
for i in 0..<count {
    print("person \(i) is \(names[i])")
}

one-sided ranges

• the range continues as far as possible in one direction

for name in names[...2] {
    print(name)
}
//Anna Alex Brian
for name in names[2..] {
    print(name)
}
//Brian Jack

• the half-open range alse has a one-sided form that is written with only its final value, and the final value is not in the range

for name in names[..<2] {
   print(name) 
}
//Anna Alex

• you can check whether a one-sided range contains a particular value

let range = ...10
range.contains(11) //false
range.contains(0) //true
range.contains(-11) // true

logical operators

• there are 3 standerd logical operators (!, &&, ||)

if enteredDoorCode && passedRedinaScan || hasDoorKey || knowOverridePasswrod {
    print("Welcome")
} else {
    print("access denied")
}

if (enteredDorrCode && passedRetinaScan) || hasDoorKey || knowsOverridePassword {
    print("welcome")
} else {
    print("access denied")
}