Swift make method parameter mutable?

Question

How can I deal with this error without creating additional variable?

func reduceToZero(x:Int) -> Int {
    while (x != 0) {
        x = x-1            //         


        

Answer 1

'var' parameters are deprecated and will be removed in Swift 3. So assigning to a new parameter seems like the best way now:

func reduceToZero(x:Int) -> Int {
    var x = x
    while (x != 0) {
        x = x-1            
    }
    return x
}

as mentioned here: 'var' parameters are deprecated and will be removed in Swift 3