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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

interstellarjourney
interstellarjourney
3,369 Points
Posted by interstellarjourney
interstellarjourney
3,369 Points

how is this wrong?

i don't understand how this code is wrong

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "christian"
let finalGreeting = "How are you?"


let greeting = "Hi there, \(name). \(finalGreeting)"

1 Answer

Rickey Paape
Rickey Paape
24,122 Points

You should declare your name. Declare the greeting then using concatenation, create the finalGreeting.

let name = "name"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
let finalGreeting = greeting+". How are you?"