How to print a string from plist without “Optional”?

Question

I load a value from a dictionary in a plist but when I print it to the console, it prints: Optional(Monday Title) rather than just \"Monday Title\".

How can I get ri

Answer 1

I'm not sure what the proper process is for linking to other answers, but my answer to a similar question applies here as well.

Valentin's answer works well enough for optionals of type String?, but won't work if you want to do something like:

let i? = 88
print("The value of i is: \(i ?? "nil")")  // Compiler error