Programming in Swift: Functions & Types

Jan 4 2022 Swift 5.5, iOS 15, Xcode 13

Part 1: Functions

7. Functions as Parameters

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Functions in Swift are simply another data type. You can assign them to variables and constants, and pass them into functions as arguments, just like you can any other type of value, like an Int or a String. Let’s see what that looks like in our Playground.

func add(number1: Int, number2: Int)  {

}

func add(number1: Int, number2: Int) -> Int {

}

  number1 + number2


var function = add

function(4, 2)

func subtract(_ a: Int, _ b: Int) -> Int {
  return a - b 
}

function = subtract

function(4, 2)

func printResult

func printResult(_ operate: 

func printResult(_ operate: 😺(Int, Int) -> Int

func printResult(_ operate: (Int, Int) -> Int, _ a: Int, _ b: Int) {}

  let result = operate(a, b)

  print(result)

printResult(add, 4, 2)
printResult(subtract, 4, 2)

printResult(+, 8, 13)
printResult(-, 8, 13)
printResult(*, 8, 13)

typealias Operate

typealias Operate = (Int, Int) -> Int

func printResult(_ operate: Operate, _ a: Int, _ b: Int) {