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Pierre Robert
5,717 PointsCannot compile a function
The task is the following: Modify the println statement within the greeting function to use the variable person. For example, if you pass a person named "Tom" to the function then it should display: Hello Tom. (Hint: you must use string interpolation).
I coded the following, but it doesn't compile
func greeting(person: String) { var person = Tom println("Hello (person)") }
Thanks for helping, Pierre
func greeting(person: String) {
var person = Tom
println("Hello \(person)")
}
3 Answers
Mark Cranston
1,817 PointsYou are just doing this a little out of order... You are declaring a variable inside the function, instead you need to call the function which is done using "functionName(input)"
//declare function
func greeting(person: String) {
println("Hello \(person)")
}
//Call the function
greeting("Tom")
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsMark Cranston has the right answer. The reason why the OP code did not compile, though, was that
var person = Tom
was meant to be
var person = "Tom"
This is just to clarify your compile time error, other than that Marks answer is definitely the way to go!
<small>P.S.
Watch out, with the release of Swift 2 println has become print
</small>
Pierre Robert
5,717 PointsThanks to both of you. Goes to show that programming teaches one to be rigorous.
Pierre