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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by augustine makachemu
augustine makachemu
2,058 Points

How do I concatenate the string literal.

I have tried to concatenate the string. Could you please tell me where I'm going wrong so I can fix it. And know better

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Hussain"
let greeting = "Hi, there, + \(name) + \(finalGreeting)"

let finalGreeting = "How are you?"

4 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You are very close! You don't need the "+" in your "greeting" string and you are also missing a period at the end of your string. For the finalGreeting, you should concatenate greeting with " How are you?". Try this code snippet instead:

// Enter your code below

let name = "Hussain"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)."
let finalGreeting = greeting + " How are you?"
augustine makachemu
augustine makachemu
2,058 Points
augustine makachemu
augustine makachemu
2,058 Points

Thank you both for your replies :). They helped a lot

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

I was stuck on this one for while when I first started too.

Just keep in mind that concatenate means to add together

let string1 = "hello"
let string2 = " there"
var welcome = string1 + string2

let name = "Aaron"
let greeting = "Hi there \(name)."
let finalGreeting = "\(greeting)" + "How are you?"
augustine makachemu
augustine makachemu
2,058 Points

Thanks a-lot

augustine makachemu
augustine makachemu
2,058 Points

Thanks a-lot

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Hello Aaron Ackerman, for the finalGreeting variable, it isn't necessary to use "(greeting)". You could use use "greeting". Example:

// Instead of this, 
let finalGreeting = "\(greeting)" + "How are you?"

// Do this:
let finalGreeting = greeting + "How are you?"
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Hussain"

//task 1 says just add name 
let greeting = "Hi, there, + \(name)."

//task 2 says take greeting constant and add to the end 
let finalGreeting = greeting + "How are you?"