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Jason Hernandez Berland
1,575 PointsDifference between an enum and a dictionary?
Enums seem very similar to an array and/or dictionary. What is the difference? What are the use cases?
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Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsarrays and dictionaries are data structures for storing collections of values whereas enumerations are a way for you to store related values as a type itself
from the Swift eBook
Swift provides two collection types, known as arrays and dictionaries, for storing collections of values. Arrays store ordered lists of values of the same type. Dictionaries store unordered collections of values of the same type, which can be referenced and looked up through a unique identifier (also known as a key).
An enumeration defines a common type for a group of related values and enables you to work with those values in a type-safe way within your code.
Jason Hernandez Berland
1,575 PointsJason Hernandez Berland
1,575 PointsThanks Stone Preston .