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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Functions Creating a Function

Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
9,348 Points
Posted by Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
9,348 Points

I can't get the code to run. I get an error message stating I can't run Println directly with or without constant use.

These are the functions I've tried:

func greeting() {
  let hi = "Hello"
    println(hi)
}
greeting()

func greeting() {
    println("Hello")
}
greeting()

Its worth noting that both run fine in Xcode. I am using the Safari browser on Mac.

3 Answers

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

If you're on the first question, they aren't asking you to call greeting() yet, so just delete that for now. This is all you need for the first task:

func greeting() {
    println("Hello")
}
notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points
notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Are you trying to call greeting() in Task 1? You second function is correct, but the Challenge throws that error if you try to call greeting() outside of Task 2.

Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
9,348 Points
Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
9,348 Points

Thanks, Bryan. Clearly trying run while the challenge was asking me to walk :-) I don't know how I missed that in the question.

Best, Pete