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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Doesn't work

In the challenge last 1 of 2 about string interpolation i wrote: let name = "Marina" let greeting = " ("Hi there, ") (name)" but the program says "Make sure the value you are assigning to greeting is an interpolated string", i can't understand why it doesn't work, on Xcode it works.

strings.swift
// Enter your code below
let name = "Marina"
let greeting = " \("Hi there, ") \(name)"

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Marina,

For the greeting variable, you have a couple of issues. First, there are an extra set of quotation marks. And, second, the string part ("Hi there") cannot be in parenthesis. Only the variable being interpolated should be surrounded by parenthesis. So, you're on the right track.

let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"

Keep Coding! :)