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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Mikao Kirkman
Mikao Kirkman
354 Points

Help? I can't seem to find out whats wrong with my code.

Here's what I have so far: let name = mikao let greeting = "(Hi there), (name)."

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below

let name = mikao

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

1 Answer

ianhan3
ianhan3
4,263 Points
ianhan3
ianhan3
4,263 Points

Using the string interpolation syntax is only for the variable. You also need to wrap your name string in quotes to identify that it is a string. 

let name = "Ian"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)."
//if printed would say "Hi there, Ian."