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Start your free trialShilpa Brahme
142 PointsNeed help with optional; chaining syntax
let movieDictionary = ["Spectre": ["cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Christoph Waltz", "Léa Seydoux", "Ralph Fiennes", "Monica Bellucci", "Naomie Harris"]]]
var leadActor: String?
// Enter code below
if let castDict = movieDictionary["Spectre"], let actorArray = castDict["cast"], let leadActor = actorArray?[0] {
print(leadActor)
}
1 Answer
Rafał Małczyński
15,699 PointsThat's the way to do it:
if let movieDict = movieDictionary["Spectre"], let movieCast = movieDict["cast"]{
leadActor = movieCast[0]
}