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487 Pointsi am not sure what I am missing - how do i assign a variable to a string?
not sure how to add a variable to the string
// Enter your code below
let name = "snow"
let greeting = "hi,there"
let interpolatedgreeting = "\(greeting), \(name),"
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsYou may have read that wrong. The error message you receive is "Bummer: Make sure you are assigning the correct string to the variable!".
You'll want to use the constant greeting and the code checker is usually very picky when it comes to text. For the interpolated string you can combine the two as follows:
let name = "snow"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"