Check if the Dictionary is Empty in Swift

Swift – Check if Dictionary is Empty

Welcome to Swift Tutorial. In this tutorial, we will learn how to check if a Swift Dictionary is empty.

To check if a dictionary is empty, you can either check if the size of the dictionary is zero or use the isEmpty function.

var myDictionary:[keyType:valueType] = [:]

var isDictEmpty1 = myDictionary.count == 0
var isDictEmpty2 = myDictionary.isEmpty

The type of keys array is same as that of keyType, and the type of values array is same as that of valueType.

Example 1 – Check if dictionary empty using count Method

In this example, we shall check if the dictionary is empty using dictionary.count method.

main.swift

var myDictionary:[String:String] = [:]
var isDictEmpty = myDictionary.count == 0
print("isDictEmpty: \(isDictEmpty)")

Output

isDictEmpty: true

Example 2 – Check if dictionary empty using isEmpty Method

In the following example, we shall check if the dictionary is empty using dictionary.isEmpty method.

main.swift

var myDictionary:[String:String] = [:]
var isDictEmpty = myDictionary.isEmpty
print("isDictEmpty: \(isDictEmpty)")

Output

isDictEmpty1: true

Conclusion

In this Swift Tutorial, we have learned how to check if a dictionary is empty in Swift with the help of example programs.