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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Functions Syntax and Parameters

William Bowie
PLUS
William Bowie
Courses Plus Student 499 Points

Completely stuck on this one, not really understanding why I can't get it, tried heaps of different things, Please help

Really stuck tried lots of things... please help :) it asks

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).

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

2 Answers

Piotr Nejman
Piotr Nejman
3,374 Points

func greeting(person: String) {

println("Hello \(person)")

}

William Bowie
William Bowie
Courses Plus Student 499 Points

oh my I feel like an idiot... I kept doing println("Hello (Tom)") or println("Hello (person: Tom)") Thanks Heaps

Piotr Nejman
Piotr Nejman
3,374 Points

Your answer is correct. Try to copy it to Xcode and back to the challenge.

William Bowie
William Bowie
Courses Plus Student 499 Points

oops put the wrong question in haha, sorry bout that... lemme change it :)