You want `flatMap`: let dobString = dob.flatMap(serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate)
Or if you want `dobString` to be non-optional: let dobString = dob.flatMap(serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate) ?? “" > Currently I do stuff like this: > > letdobString:String > ifletdob = dob { > dobString =serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate(dob) > } > else{ > dobString ="" > } > > Is there a better, more idiomatic, way to do this sort of thing? > > > > _______________________________________________ swift-users mailing list swift-users@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users