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Posted by Dale O Shea
Dale O Shea
535 Points

Error in compile

Hey,

So I getting the following error when trying to compile. "Binary Operator '==' cannot be applied to operands of type String and [String]"

From what I can tel it is the exact same as what Amit has in his video.

Would appreciate help.

func searchNames(#name: String) -> Bool { let names = ["Dale","Martin","Sonya","Junior","Shauna"]

var found = false


for n in names {
    if n == names {
        found = true
    }
}

return found

}

searchNames(name: "Dale")

1 Answer

Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points 
 if n == names

Within your loop you are comparing the String n with the Array names. Comparing a string with an array won't work, but as you are looking for a specific name, your code should read

if n == name

This way, you are comparing two strings, the parameter name you passed to the function and a single name contained in the namesarray.