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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Collections What is a Dictionary?

Posted by Johnathan Black
Johnathan Black
690 Points

How do i assign this to a constant named currencies. what am i missing?

:( i know this is so simple.

dictionaries.swift 
var currencies = ["US": "Dollar", "UK": "Pounds", "JP": "Yen" ]

1 Answer

kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points
kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points

This is perfect with 2 exceptions. First, the value for the key "UK" needs to be "Pound" not "Pounds". Second, the dictionary needs to be declared as a constant using the keyword 'let', not var.