As such, there shouldn’t be a need for an if; `let dobString = serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate(dob)` should be sufficient.
Saagar Jha > On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:55, Zhao Xin via swift-users <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It can't be done by ?? as stringFromDate(Date) returns String instead of > String? > > Zhaoxin > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Jeff Kelley via swift-users > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > That’s where I would use the ?? operator: > > let dobString = serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate(dob) ?? "" > > > Jeff Kelley > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | @SlaunchaMan > <https://twitter.com/SlaunchaMan> | jeffkelley.org <http://jeffkelley.org/> >> On Aug 4, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Daniel Tartaglia via swift-users >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Currently I do stuff like this: >> >> let dobString: String >> if let dob = dob { >> dobString = serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate(dob) >> } >> else { >> dobString = "" >> } >> >> Is there a better, more idiomatic, way to do this sort of thing? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users >> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users> > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users> > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users
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