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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Variables and Constants Constants

Jan Francírek
Jan Francírek
1,766 Points
Posted by Jan Francírek
Jan Francírek
1,766 Points

Hello, I would like to ask why when do I write ,,let,, at the beginning is it written with red color. Im stuckd here. :(

I mean like why can't I write it at the beginning ? I do not understand in general writing that here on web. When I'm practicing variables in Xcode there is no problem neither with constants but here on web is everytime some problem so I can't finish it and move to the next step.

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

the code challenge editor uses syntax highlighting to highlight keywords of languages, string literals, variable names etc. let is red, that does not mean it is incorrect, it just means its a special keyword of the Swift language. 

let language = "Swift"

if you typed the line above into the challenge editr, let will be red, language will be blue-green and "Swift" will be green