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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Parameters and Tuples Tuples

Alex Rovin
Alex Rovin
1,726 Points
Posted by Alex Rovin
Alex Rovin
1,726 Points

I do not understand

Can someone please explain

tuples.swift 
func greeting(person: String) -> (String, String) {
    let language = "English"
    let greeting = "Hello \(person)"

    var result = (language, greeting)
    return result 
}

1 Answer

Jose Gallanosa
Jose Gallanosa
14,175 Points
Jose Gallanosa
Jose Gallanosa
14,175 Points 
I believe the challenge wants to specify the item names in the tuple
func greeting (person: String) -> (greeting: String, language: String) {
     let language = "English"
     let greeting = "Hello \(person)"

     return (greeting, language)
}