Unichar variable in Swift -
how define unichar
type variable in swift likes '\0'
'\n'
in objective-c ?
in swift,
func previouscharacter() -> unichar { return "\n" //error }
compiler gave me error:
cannot convert return expression of type 'string' expected return type 'unichar'
but in objective-c, more easy directly.
in swift, character literals of type character
.
let exclamationmark: character = "!"
for advanced readers:
you can extend unichar
capability accept character literals:
extension unichar : unicodescalarliteralconvertible { public typealias unicodescalarliteraltype = unicodescalar public init(unicodescalarliteral scalar: unicodescalar) { self.init(scalar.value) } } let newline: unichar = "\n" let whitespaces = nscharacterset.whitespaceandnewlinecharacterset() print("c whitespace \(whitespaces.characterismember(newline))")
however, note swift literals use 4 bytes while unichar
uses 2 bytes, therefore characters truncated when converted unichar
.
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