Swift basics - Extensions

Extensions:
When you need to edit a type like string without overriding existing functionality:
extension String
{
  var firstLetter: Characters?{ get return self.characters.first}}
 func reverse() -> String{//... }
}

To call it:
var myString = "ABC"
print(myString.firstLetter)


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