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Michael Benson
674 PointsConfused in returns.swift challenge (Swift Functions and Optionals) over code working in challenge but not in Xcode
//This is the answer to the challenge that worked.
func greeting(person: String) -> String{
println ("Hello \(person)") // Interpolation is the \(person) part
}
greeting("Tom")
//This is the only way that I can get this code to work in Swift 2 - Version 7.0.1 (7A1001)
//The print vs println is obvious but the -> String is not
//I get a Invalid redeclaration of 'greeting' in xcode.
//The code below works.
func greeting(person: String) {
print("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting("Tom")
1 Answer
Kristian Egebæk-Carlsen
9,189 PointsThe code should not work since you assign a return type to the function with the statement '-> String. This tells the compiler that a return statement will be a part of the function. In your function there is no return statement, therefore the code is wrong. If you want code that can pass the challenge and work in Xcode it should look like this:
func greeting(person: String) -> String{
return "Hello \(person)"
}
greeting("Tom")