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inout parameters in Swift

Inout parameters are the parameters which hold the reference to the original variable. Hence, any change in those params directly affects the original variable.

*How to accept inout param - * We need to add an additional keyword 'inout' just before the data type of parameter as below.

Below example is a function that swaps the values of the original variables.

func swapValues(x:inout Int,y:inout Int){
   let z = x
   x = y
   y = z
}
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*How to pass inout values - * While passing variable to inout type , we need to add the ampersand (&) with variable name. Check below -

override func viewDidLoad() {
   super.viewDidLoad()
   // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
   print("BeforeSwap-> a->\(a), b->\(b)")
   swapValues(x: &a, y: &b)
   print("AfterSwap-> a->\(a), b->\(b)")
}
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When you run this code you will see below output -
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