Learning Swift™ Programming

Classes

In the following example of creating a class, notice that it looks just like a struct but with the word class:

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class FirstClass {    // class implementation goes here}

You create a class exactly the same way you create a struct, but instead of using the word struct, you use the word class. Adding properties to a class is very similar. For example, the following Car class has properties for the make, model, and year (and you will define a default value for each property):

class Car {    let make = "Ford"    let model = "Taurus"    let year = 2014}

In this example, there are three immutable properties of the Car class. Remember that when you make a struct, you are able to leave these properties blank. If you ...