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

Josh Warden
Josh Warden
616 Points
Posted by Josh Warden
Josh Warden
616 Points

I am getting a bummer your code could not be compiled. when i click on preview i get nothing

what do i do

dictionaries.swift 
let currencies = ["US": "Dollar","UK": "Pound","JP": "Yen"]
let ukCurrency = ["Pound"]

1 Answer

Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points
Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points

Hi Josh,

you get the value for the key "UK" in the dictionary currencies like this: currencies["UK"]

let currencies = ["US": "Dollar", "UK": "Pound", "JP": "Yen"]
let ukCurrency = currencies["UK"]