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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Functions Syntax and Parameters

Posted by Phillip Rousu
Phillip Rousu
987 Points

Call the function greeting and pass it the string "Tom". How? why wont greeting(Tom) work?

cannot figure this out

parameters.swift 
func greeting(person: String) {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}

greeting(Tom)

1 Answer

Maximiliane Quel
PLUS
Maximiliane Quel
Courses Plus Student 55,489 Points
Maximiliane Quel
Maximiliane Quel
Courses Plus Student 55,489 Points

Hi,

you are not passing in a String. You need to add quotes around Tom like so:

func greeting(person: String) {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}

greeting("Tom")