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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Operators Working With Operators: Part 2

Tim Wiklund
Tim Wiklund
746 Points
Posted by Tim Wiklund
Tim Wiklund
746 Points

Challenge Task 1 of 2 I need help with this code

var initialScore = 8

initialScore = ++initialScore

var totalScore = initialScore totalScore = initialScore -1

operators2.swift 
// Enter your code below
var initialScore = 8

initialScore = ++initialScore

var totalScore = initialScore
totalScore = initialScore -1

2 Answers

Lindsay Sauer
Lindsay Sauer
12,029 Points

The challenge asks for totalScore to be a constant, which needs to be declared with let instead of var.

You can also minimize the code by directly assigning the incremented value of initialScore to totalScore:

var initialScore = 8;

let totalScore = ++initialScore;
Tim Wiklund
Tim Wiklund
746 Points
Tim Wiklund
Tim Wiklund
746 Points

Thanks for the quick replay :O)