how do I use an environment variable in Swift?
Asked on 02/03/2025
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To use an environment variable in Swift, you can access it using the ProcessInfo class, which provides access to the environment variables of the current process. Here's a simple example:
import Foundation
if let myVariable = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["MY_ENV_VARIABLE"] {
print("Environment variable value: \(myVariable)")
} else {
print("Environment variable not set.")
}
In this code, ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment is a dictionary where the keys are the names of the environment variables, and the values are the corresponding values. You can access an environment variable by its name, such as "MY_ENV_VARIABLE" in this example.
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