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Expand Up @@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ see <doc:BasicOperators#Nil-Coalescing-Operator>.

When `nil` represents an unrecoverable failure,
such as a programmer error or corrupted state,
you can access the underlying value
you can access the underlying value of the optional
by adding an exclamation mark (`!`) to the end of the optional's name.
This is known as *force unwrapping* the optional's value.
When you force unwrap a non-`nil` value,
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