whats the result?

var items:[String] = []   

items.append("apple")

let rem1 = items.remove(at: 0) 

print(items)

if i run this in playground, it's going to say that items is empty since it occurs after rem1. but in a real project rem1 is just holding the value if items does remove at 0. but without actually calling it, it wouldn't happen, hence items is still "apple" right?