Swipe to Delete Rows for UITableView iOS

I always think it is nice to have a very simple, self-contained example so that nothing is assumed when I am learning a new task. This answer is that for deleting UITableView rows. The project performs like this:

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Create a new project and replace the ViewController.swift code with the following.

import UIKitclass ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {// These strings will be the data for the table view cellvar animals: [String] = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Pig", "Sheep", "Goat"]
    let cellReuseIdentifier = "cell"
    @IBOutlet var tableView: UITableView!
    override func viewDidLoad() {        super.viewDidLoad()// It is possible to do the following three things in the Interface Builder
        // rather than in code if you prefer.
        self.tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier:cellReuseIdentifier)
        tableView.delegate = self
        tableView.dataSource = self
    }// number of rows in table viewfunc tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return self.animals.count}// create a cell for each table view rowfunc tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {let cell:UITableViewCell =…