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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics An Introduction to Swift Programming Working With Variables

Posted by dajahn carter
dajahn carter
Courses Plus Student 97 Points

Declare a variable named language and assign the string "Swift".

Declare a variable named language and assign the string "Swift". We didn't go over the specific syntax for creating a String so remember to start with a double quote, write the word, and close it with a double quote.

variables.swift 
var str = "swift"
str = "Language"
str = "language"

2 Answers

warp42
warp42
3,171 Points
warp42
warp42
3,171 Points

What you're looking for is

var language = "Swift"

Swift infers that it is a string automatically because you put Swift in "".

You could also write the code below, if you wanted to explicitly declare the type as a string, but that is unnecessary.

var language = String("Swift")

What you did was declare variable str as "swift", and then you changed str to be "Language" and then "language".

dajahn carter
dajahn carter
Courses Plus Student 97 Points

Thank you man, i was having the hardest time lol. really, thanks

ios1alamin
ios1alamin
4,310 Points
ios1alamin
ios1alamin
4,310 Points

var str = "language" var language = "Swift"