SOLVED: Day 4- why cant declare range 1...10 as Int type?

@rabinexpressoSwift

Sep '21

Hi, below are 2 examples, first has error after declaring constant range as Int type. When declaring range to constant, how is it stored? As an array of strings or integers?

//ERROR:

let number : Int = 1...10 //error: Cannot convert value of type 'ClosedRange<Int>' to specified type 'Int'

for count in number{ //error: For-in loop requires 'Int' to conform to 'Sequence' print(count) }

print(number)

//WORKS BELOW after removing ":Int" declaration.

let number = 1...10

for count in number{ print(count) }

print(number) //but doesn't print as array. prints "1...10\n" like a string, so im confused. is it integer or string?

@roosterboy HWS+

Sep '21

When declaring range to constant, how is it stored?

As a range type. In this case, it's a ClosedRange<Int> as the error message tells you.

//WORKS BELOW after removing ":Int" declaration.

let number = 1...10

Because by removing the :Int type annotation, the compiler can infer the type directly from the value 1...10.

print(number) //but doesn't print as array. prints "1...10\n" like a string, so im confused. is it integer or string?

It's neither an array nor an integer nor a string, it's a range. If you want to get a range as an array of integers, you need to convert it, like so:

let rng = 1...10
let array = Array(rng)
print(rng)
//prints 1...10
print(array)
//prints [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

@rabinexpressoSwift

Sep '21

Wow, thanks man! I did not realise range is also a data type.

btw, is there a notification to inform me when my question has been replied in the forum?

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