07-18-2023, 03:00 PM
My Swift program is crashing with `EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION` and one of the following similar errors. What does this error mean, and how do I fix it?
> Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
*or*
> Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while implicitly unwrapping an Optional value
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> Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
*or*
> Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while implicitly unwrapping an Optional value
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