Tuples are used for multiple returns in swift. So a function definition might look like: () -> (Int, String) (Function that takes no parameters, returns

Tuples are used for multiple returns in swift. So a function definition might look like: () -> (Int, String) (Function that takes no parameters, returns an Int/String tuple) Edit: Tuples can also have named parameters, so something like this is possible: () -> (index: Int, name: String) Then the resulting tuple can be accessed by name: //Where x is a tuple returned from the above function x.index x.name