Hi could someone help

func greeting(person: "person") {
println("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting(person:"Jerry")

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hi im stuck on this one call the greeting function 
thanks Jon
named_parameters.swift
func greeting(person: "person") {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting(person:"Jerry")​func greeting(person: "person") {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting(String: "Jerry")

Matthew Young · Accepted Answer

First, the function you declared called "greeting" shouldn't have "person" in there even with the quotes. After the colon, you want to declare the type of the variable that's being passed through. If you're trying to create a named parameter, you need to add the term "person" twice before the colon. For example:

func greeting(person person: String) {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}

The first "person" represents that external parameter name and the second "person" represents the internal parameter name. The external parameter name is what appears when you are calling the function. The internal parameter name is what's used as a local variable within the function itself.
To explain, this function takes in one parameter that is of type String called "person". This function prints out "Hello 'person'" with the term 'person' replaced by whatever String you passed through in the parameter. For example, when you call that function with the following code:

greeting(person: "Jerry")

The function prints out "Hello Jerry"
I hope this helps, you can find more info on this topic at: Swift Programming Language: Functions (https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/Functions.html).
Specifically, look under the subsection called "Specifying External Parameter Names".

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jon kelson

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Hi could someone help func greeting(person: "person") { println("Hello \(person)") } greeting(person:"Jerry")

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Matthew Young

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