How to get textLabel of selected row in swift?

Question

So i am trying to get the value of the textLabel of the row I select. I tried printing it, but it didn't work. After some research I found out that this code worked, but only in Objective-C;

    - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath    *)indexPath     {         NSLog(@"did select  and the text is %@",[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath].textLabel.text);]     } 

I could not find any solution for Swift. Printing the indexpath.row is possible though, but that is not what I need.

so what should I do? or what is the 'Swift-version' of this code?

Answer 1

Try this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {      let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow() //optional, to get from any UIButton for example      let currentCell = tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath) as UITableViewCell      print(currentCell.textLabel!.text) 

Answer 2

If you're in a class inherited from UITableViewController, then this is the swift version:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {     let cell = self.tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)     NSLog("did select and the text is \(cell?.textLabel?.text)") } 

Note that cell is an optional, so it must be unwrapped - and the same for textLabel. If any of the 2 is nil (unlikely to happen, because the method is called with a valid index path), if you want to be sure that a valid value is printed, then you should check that both cell and textLabel are both not nil:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didDeselectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {     let cell = self.tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath)     let text = cell?.textLabel?.text     if let text = text {         NSLog("did select and the text is \(text)")     } }