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Guard statements give us another way to avoid overly nested code. A guard statement has the following form:

func greetUser(isAuthenticated: Bool) { guard isAuthenticated else { print("Error: user is not authenticated") return } print("Hello user!") }

One way to read this guard statement is: “Make sure that userAuthenticated is true. If it’s false, print “Error: user is not authenticated” and return. If it’s true, continue executing the rest of the code.”

Unlike if statements, a guard statement must have an else statement. The else statement after a guard has to exit the current scope. Guard statements can be used to exit the scope of loops as well:

var nums = [3,1,0,6] for num in nums { guard num != 0 else { print("Can't divide by zero!") continue } print("10 / \(num) = \(10 / num)") } // prints // 10 / 3 = 3 // 10 / 1 = 10 // Can't divide by zero! // 10 / 6 = 1

Guard statements can also be used to bind optionals just like with if let statements. They also support multiple assignments:

func addOptionals(shouldPrintSum: Bool) { let a: Int? = 1 let b: Int? = 2 let c: Int? = 3 guard let unwrappedA = a, let unwappedB = b, let unwrappedC = c, shouldPrintSum else { return } print(unwrappedA + unwappedB + unwrappedC) }

Instructions

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Refactor the code to use a single guard statement. If any of the variables are nil or the Bool is false, return from the function.

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