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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Alexandre Fortin
Alexandre Fortin
11,180 Points
Posted by Alexandre Fortin
Alexandre Fortin
11,180 Points

// Enter your code below let name = "Alex Fortin" let greeting = "\("Hi there, ") \(name) \(".")" whats wrong?

whats wrong with this code

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
// Enter your code below
let name = "Alex Fortin"
let greeting = "\("Hi there, ") \(name) \(".")"

2 Answers

Paul Brazell
Paul Brazell
14,371 Points
Paul Brazell
Paul Brazell
14,371 Points

You are using too much string interpolation. The complier is looking for variables for the string literals you have there. Just interpolate the variable "name".

// Enter your code below
let name = "Alex Fortin"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)."