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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Variables and Constants Variables

Joe Blow
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Joe Blow
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Posted by Joe Blow
Joe Blow
Courses Plus Student 229 Points

how to create a variable

how to create a variable with the name greeting and assign it to the word "hello".

string_assignment.swift

2 Answers

Jacob McCaig
Jacob McCaig
7,201 Points

Let is a constant. Variable would be var. so for a string variable, you're looking for something like var variableName = "Your string here"

Nick Janes
Nick Janes
5,487 Points
Nick Janes
Nick Janes
5,487 Points

Try this

let greeting = "hello"

"let" says that we're creating a constant, to which we gave the name greeting. We then set the value of greeting to "hello".

Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points
Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points

But he was looking for a variable, not a constant ;-)

var greeting = "hello"

:-)