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iOS Closures in Swift 2 First Class Functions Higher Order Functions

Napatchol Thaipanich
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Napatchol Thaipanich
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Posted by Napatchol Thaipanich
Napatchol Thaipanich
Courses Plus Student 13,534 Points

how to do it

Next we need to define a function that we can apply as an operation on a String literal. Create a function named firstLetter that takes a string and returns a string. In the body, return the first character of the string passed in.

Hint: To get individual letters in a string, use the characters property, which returns an array of Character type.

functions.swift 
// Enter your code below
extension String {
    func modify(operation: String -> String) -> String {
        return operation(self)
    }
}

func firstLetter(sth: String)->String{
  return String(sth.characters.first)
}

1 Answer

Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points
Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points

hey there Napatchol,

You are really close.

You will need to force unwrap the .first property as that takes an optional value. Here is a look at what I did: 

// Enter your code below
extension String {
    func modify(arg: String -> String) -> String {
      return arg(self)
    }
}

func firstLetter(arg: String) -> String {
    return String(arg.characters.first!)
}

hope this helps!