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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Functions Syntax and Parameters

Posted by Todd Deluca
Todd Deluca
1,352 Points

Can someone find my error?

Hi, For the life of me I can't understand why this calling this function is returning an error. If you can help, I appreciate it.

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

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

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

task 3 states: Call the function greeting and pass it the string "Tom"

the argument is a string so it needs to be in quotes:

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