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Krishna Damaraju
Krishna Damaraju

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Strings

#swift #javascript #100daysofcode

Strings

1️⃣ Declaration

Javascript 

// Both Single and Double quotes are OK to create strings in JS var string1 = "Hello Js!!" ✅ var string2 = 'Hello Js!!' ✅
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Swift 

// Only Double quotes are OK to create strings in JS var string1 = "Hello Js!!" ✅ var string2 = 'Hello Js!!' ❌
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2️⃣ Length

Javascript 

 "Hello world!!".length // 13 (counts empty spaces too)
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Swift 

"Hello world!!".count // 13 (counts empty spaces too)
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3️⃣ Case Transformation

Javascript 

 "Hello world!!".toLowerCase() // hello world!! "Hello world!!".toUpperCase() // HELLO WORLD!!
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Swift 

"Hello world!!".lowercased() // hello world!! "Hello world!!".uppercased() // HELLO WORLD!!
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4️⃣ Template literals

Javascript 

const name = "Krishna" const message = `Hello there, i am ${name}.`
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Swift 

let name = "Krishna" let message = "Hello there, i am \(name)."
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5️⃣ Split

Javascript 

var string = "Hello world!!" string.split("")
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Swift 

var string = "Hello world!!" string.split(separator: "")
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6️⃣ Multi-line strings

Javascript 

// most used way var string = ` A long time ago in a galaxy far far away javascript is being used for coding`
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Swift 

// """ are always to be alone var string = """ A long time ago in a galaxy far far away Swift is being used for coding """
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7️⃣ Concatination

Javascript 

 var string = "Hello" var string2 = 'world' var string3 = string + string2 // string.concat(string2)
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Swift 

var string = "Hello" var string2 = 'world' var string3 = string + string2
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8️⃣ Typecasting

Javascript 

 var someNumber = 12345 var asString = String(someNumber) // -OR- someNumber.toString() -OR- `${someNumber}`
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Swift 

var someNumber = 12345 var asString = String(someNumber) // -OR- '\(someNumber)'
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More examples are added on the go

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