swift variables

variables.swift

//Declaring variables in swift
var year = 2017 
//swift infers the type of the variables
var text = "Hello"
//the compiler then sets the type of "text" to "string"
//this code will fail during compilation
//text = 2

//printing variables
print(year);
print(text);

//please note thet we end statemetns using a new line

//we can also specify the type during declaration
var month:Int = 11
var dateText:string
dateText = 25 + "/" + month + "/" + year
print(dateText)