\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{nixik09} \pdfinfo{ /Title (swift.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (nixik09) /Subject (Swift Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{DBCCD5} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F6F2F4} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Swift Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{nixik09} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/212204/cs/47199/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}nixik09 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/nixik09} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 13th November, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.4 cm} x{3.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Simple Values}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let` for constants; `var` for variables} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Constants: value doesn't need to be known at compile time, but must assign it a value exactly once} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Rule for types: constant or variable must have the same type as the value you want to assign it.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Inferring Types: Type can be inferred if value provided when creating constant/var.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Specifying types: Write after the variable, separated by colon & `let explicitDouble: Double = 70` \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Values are never implicitly converted to another type. If conversion required, must be done explicitly} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let lottoString = "Today's winning lotto number is " \{\{nl\}\} let lottoNumber = 94\{\{nl\}\} let lottoSentence = lottoString + String(lottoNumber)`} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Backslash string interpolation} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let friendCount = 2\{\{nl\}\}let friendCountString = "I have \textbackslash{}(friendCount) number of \{\{nl\}\} friends."`} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Use three double quotation marks for strings that take up multiple lines.} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Create arrays and dictionaries using brackets, and access their elements by writing the index or key in brackets.} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`var toys = {[}"labubu", "simski", "furby"{]}\{\{nl\}\} toys{[}1{]} = "fuggler" \{\{nl\}\} toys.append("jellycat") \{\{nl\}\} var bestItemOfThing = {[} "summer fruit" : "mango",{]} \{\{nl\}\} bestItemOfThing{[}"summer fruit"{]} = "peach"`} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 5) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Arrays grow automatically.} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.4 cm} x{3.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Simple Values (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{For empty array, write `excellentFruits = {[}{]}`. For an empty dictionary, write `mediocreFruits = {[}:{]}`.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{If assigning empty array or dict to new var, you need to specify type.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let arrayOfGoodCoffeeCafes: {[}String{]} = {[}{]} \{\{nl\}\} let \seqsplit{dictCafesWithMatchaAndRatings:} {[}String: Float{]} = {[}:{]}`} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Control Flow}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Conditionals}}: `if`, `switch`} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Loops}}: `for-in`, `while`, `repeat - while `} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Parentheses around condition/loop variable are optional, braces are required} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let croissantScores = {[}1.2, 2.3, 2.2, 4{]}\{\{nl\}\} for score in croissantScores \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ ~ if score \textgreater{} 2.5 \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ ~ ~ print("Great croissant!!") \{\{nl\}\} ~ ~ \} \{\{nl\}\} \}`} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{In `if` statement, conditional must be a boolean expression. `if score \{ ... \}` is an error, not implicit comparison to zero.} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{You can assign if conditions to an assignment} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{` let scoreDecoration = if teamScore \textgreater{} 10 \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ "🎂" \{\{nl\}\} \} else \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ "" \{\{nl\}\} \} \{\{nl\}\} print("Score:", teamScore, scoreDecoration)`} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Optionals}}: either contains a value or contains `nil` to indicate a value is missing. A question mark after type of value marks it as optional.} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`var optionalString: String? = "Hello" \{\{nl\}\} print(optionalString == nil) \{\{nl\}\} // prints "false"`} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Use `if` and `let` to work with missing values. If optional value is `nil`, conditional is false and code in braces is skipped. Otherwise, optional value is unwrapped and assigned to constant after `let`, which makes the unwrapped value available inside block of code.} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`var optionalName: String? = "Big Dog" \{\{nl\}\} var greeting = "Hello!" \{\{nl\}\} if let name = optionalName \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ greeting = "Hello, \textbackslash{}(name)" \{\{nl\}\} \} else \{ \{\{nl\}\} ~ greeting = "Wow!" \{\{nl\}\} \} `} \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Control Flow (cont)}} \tn % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`??` operator: If optional value missing, default value used instead} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`let holidayInNov: String? = nil \{\{nl\}\} let holidayInDec: String = "Bali" \{\{nl\}\} let welcomeMsg = "Enjoy \textbackslash{}(holidayInNov ?? holidayInDec)" `} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}