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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Benjamin Lim
Benjamin Lim
2,747 Points
Posted by Benjamin Lim
Benjamin Lim
2,747 Points

can't figure out what im doing wrong

let name = "Ben." let greeting = "(Hi there), (name)"

I don't really understand what i'm doing wrong here. Firstly, i thought we had to declare a greeting and then piece it together.

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

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Almost. There should not be a period in your name. It needs to be in greeting: And when you interpolate a variable into a String you don't interpolate other parts of the String:

let name = "Ben"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)." //"Hi there, " isn't a variable, so don't interpolate it.