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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Types Printing Results

Roberto zayas
Roberto zayas
787 Points
Posted by Roberto zayas
Roberto zayas
787 Points

Code

Hi why doesn't my code work?

println.swift 
let language: String = "Swift"
println("Learning " + language)

1 Answer

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

The error message states You need to interpolate the value of the 'language' constant into the string you pass to 'println'.

while your code does output the desired result, the challenge is expecting you to use interpolation. you can interpolate the value of a variable or constant by placing (variableName) inside the string:

let language = "Swift"
println("Learning \(language)")