Ahh…then optional chaining is the way to go: `let dobString = serverDateFormatter?.stringFromDate(dob) ?? ""`
Saagar Jha > On Aug 4, 2016, at 12:41, Daniel Tartaglia <danielt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That’s not possible. stringFromDate requires an NSDate, but dob is an > optional<NSDate> > >> On Aug 4, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Saagar Jha <saa...@saagarjha.com >> <mailto:saa...@saagarjha.com>> wrote: >> >> 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 <swift-users@swift.org >>> <mailto:swift-users@swift.org>> 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 >>> <swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org>> wrote: >>> That’s where I would use the ?? operator: >>> >>> let dobString = serverDateFormatter.stringFromDate(dob) ?? "" >>> >>> >>> Jeff Kelley >>> >>> slauncha...@gmail.com <mailto:slauncha...@gmail.com> | @SlaunchaMan >>> <https://twitter.com/SlaunchaMan> | jeffkelley.org <http://jeffkelley.org/> >>>> On Aug 4, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Daniel Tartaglia via swift-users >>>> <swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org>> 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 >>>> swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org> >>>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users >>>> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-users mailing list >>> swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org> >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users >>> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-users mailing list >>> swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org> >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users >>> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users> >> >
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