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Sam Belcher
3,719 PointsHow am I not using the append method correctly??
My code looks just like the example
// Enter your code below
var arrayOfInts: Int = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
arrayOfInts.append(7)
arrayOfInts = arrayOfInts + 8
3 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsYou are using the append method correctly, the error messages for these challenges can often be pretty misleading. That's not to say there is nothing wrong with your solution though, there are two issues. One with the line that declares the variable and one with the line that concatenates 8 to it.
The issue with your declaration is that you define the variable type as being Int, but it is not in fact an Int. It is an array of ints, which has a type of [Int] (the brackets are important).
Similarly when you concatenate something to an array the thing you are concatenating to it also has to be an array. 8 by itself is not an array, but it can be made into an array by simply wrapping it in brackets.
If you fix those errors like this:
var arrayOfInts: [Int] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
arrayOfInts.append(7)
arrayOfInts = arrayOfInts + [8]
Then your code will work.
Sam Belcher
3,719 PointsThanks!
Ingo Ngoyama
4,882 PointsYou just needed to add the square brackets around the Int type and the around the 8 you are adding to the array.