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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Collections What is a Dictionary?

stephen smith
stephen smith
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Posted by stephen smith
stephen smith
455 Points

Assign the value for key "UK" to a constant named ukCurrency. what am I doing wrong? currencies["UK"] = "ukCurrency

i need help my Xcode says its legit but this is giving me an error.

dictionaries.swift 
let currencies = [ "US" : "Dollar","UK":"Pound","JP":"Yen"]
currencies["UK"] = "ukCurrency"

2 Answers

Roberto Alicata
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Roberto Alicata
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Roberto Alicata
Roberto Alicata
Courses Plus Student 39,959 Points

You inverted the request from the challenge.

You need to create a constant named ukCurrency and then assign to it the value from currencies["UK"] 

let currencies = [ "US" : "Dollar","UK":"Pound","JP":"Yen"]
let ukCurrency = currencies["UK"]
stephen smith
stephen smith
455 Points
stephen smith
stephen smith
455 Points

ok thanks, that clears it up.