Example of using dispatch_once() in Swift

dispatch_once.swift

import Foundation

var token: dispatch_once_t = 0
func test() {
    dispatch_once(&token) {
        println("This is printed only on the first call to test()")
    }
    println("This is printed for each call to test()")
}

for _ in 0..<4 {
    test()
}

/* Output:

This is printed only on the first call to test()
This is printed for each call to test()
This is printed for each call to test()
This is printed for each call to test()
This is printed for each call to test()

*/