Hello World

Write and run your very first Swift program!

Key Concepts

Review core concepts you need to learn to master this subject

print()

Program Structure

Single-line Comments

Multiline Comments

print("Hello, world!")

// Prints: Hello, world!

The print() function outputs one or more values to the terminal.

print("Hello, world!")

// Prints: Hello, world!

The program runs line by line, from top to bottom:

print("Hello, world!")

// Prints: Hello, world!

Single-line comments are created using two consecutive forward slashes. The compiler ignores any text after // on the same line.

print("Hello, world!")

// Prints: Hello, world!

Multiline comments are created using /* to begin the comment, and */ to end the comment. The compiler ignores any text in between.

Hello World

Lesson 1 of 1

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