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Confused About DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + Double(i))

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Hi Everyone,

I'm working through the text of Hacking with iOS: SwiftUI Edition but am confused about this technique (for easier reference it's also posted on this page: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/books/ios-swiftui/manually-publishing-observableobject-changes)

In the technique project this line of code is inside a for / in loop like this:

init() { for i in 1...10 { DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + Double(i)) { self.value += 1 } } }

If the value of i is incremented by 1 each time the loop runs, why isn't the "dispatch" happening later and later each time. In other words, I was expecting the code to run 1 second later, then after a two second delay, then after a three second delay, etc. all the way to the final pass happening after a ten second delay when i ultimately becomes 10.

I hope that made sense. I appreciate any insight.

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Hi @jimdube,

The reason is that to run the for loop take no time at all (milliseconds), however the closure wait in the background(async) for 1...10 seconds to complete.

Hope that clear.

Nigel

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