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Ev3rlasting
Ev3rlasting

Reputation: 2495

what do "_" and "in" mean in Swift programming language?

I found some code written in Swift on github,

And get a little confused about this line

var done: (NSError?, NSData, NSString?) -> () = { (_, _, _) -> () in }

could you please explain the real meaning of this line? Thank you very much!

Upvotes: 18

Views: 12647

Answers (3)

drewag
drewag

Reputation: 94723

_ means don't name that thing. It can be used in a number of places. In your case, it is saying ignore the variable being passed into the closure. The code you gave is ignoring all parameters but you can also just ignore some parameters.

in is the start of the implementation of the closure. In your example code, the implementation of the closure is empty.

Overall, that line is defining a closure called "done" that takes an Optional NSError (NSError?), NSData (NSData), and Optional NSString (NSString?) and returns nothing (-> ()). The actual implementation of the closure does nothing.

Upvotes: 15

Saurav Nagpal
Saurav Nagpal

Reputation: 1267

"_" used to make some thing anonymous.

for (key, _) in dictionary{}

Here we make value as anonymous.

In is used to start a closure or in loop as well as we specify for the collection on which loop is applied.

Upvotes: 0

Chuck
Chuck

Reputation: 237030

_ is a placeholder parameter name. It indicates that a parameter is expected, but will not be used. in indicates the end of a closure's type signature. This whole line defines a function that takes three parameters and does nothing.

Upvotes: 14

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