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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Jacob Skolnick
Jacob Skolnick
357 Points
Posted by Jacob Skolnick
Jacob Skolnick
357 Points

Hi I seem to be stuck on the concatenation part of "How are you?" Can you please give me some help on what to do.

please provide some assistance

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Jacob"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
let secondString = "How are you?"
let finalGreeting = "greeting" + "secondString"

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Your greeting and secondString variables shouldn't be in quotes.

Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points
Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points

Hello Jacob, Replace: let finalGreeting = "greeting" + "secondString" With: let finalGreeting = greeting + secondString

greeting and secondString are variables - you should place quotes over Strings and not variables!