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iOS

Posted by Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Function Return Types

Not sure what I am doing wrong. func greeting(person: String) ->NSString { return person }

println("Hello (greeting("Tom"))")

Can some please explain.

2 Answers

Chris Stromberg
Chris Stromberg
Courses Plus Student 13,389 Points

Are you are trying to make a function that takes a name and returns a greeting with that name?

func greeting(person: String) -> (String) {
    return "Hello \(person)"
}

greeting("Tom")  // "Hello Tom"
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Thank you Chris for the reply. Great help.