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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Variables and Constants Constants

Posted by haydensteed
haydensteed
1,328 Points

i cant seem to get tis down how do you make a constart a string?

i don't understand what it is saying i have not learned this have i?

constants.swift 
let language =

1 Answer

Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis
1,416 Points
Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis
1,416 Points

Swift automatically recognises the constant as a String if you add "" and write your String between them.

Example:

let language = "English"

However if you want to specify it as a String yourself:

let language : String = "English"