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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points
Posted by jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points

hi guys! can you give me a hand in this one? many thanks jonathan

helps

strings.swift 
let name = "Jonathan Appiah Bannor."
let greeting = "Hi there,(name)"
let finalGreetting = "(greeting), (How are you)

4 Answers

Mitchel Andrews
Mitchel Andrews
4,745 Points
Mitchel Andrews
Mitchel Andrews
4,745 Points

Recall when you use string interpolation the syntax looks like this: 

let name = "Mitchel"
let greeting = "Hi, \(name)"

In the code snippet you provided, you're forgetting the '\' before the variable name. Overall, it should look like this: 

let name = "Mitchel"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
let finalGreeting = "\(greeting), how are you?"
jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points
jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points

hi Mitchel! thanks for answering back to me. but Unfortunately still doesn't work. did you know why?

Mitchel Andrews
Mitchel Andrews
4,745 Points
Mitchel Andrews
Mitchel Andrews
4,745 Points

Sorry, I didn’t read the challenge carefully. In the second task they would like you to use concatenation in the final greeting. The way I showed isn’t incorrect, however it wasn’t the way the challenge was asking. Overall, it should look like this:

let name = “Mitchel”
let greeting = “Hi there, \(name)”
let finalGreeting = “\(name).” + “How are you?”
jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points
jonathan Appiah Bannor
jonathan Appiah Bannor
444 Points

still not working. can anyone help me out? please