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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Indroneel Ray
Indroneel Ray
173 Points
Posted by Indroneel Ray
Indroneel Ray
173 Points

I don't know what I am doing wrong. Please someone help me out with this.

Question asks to define two constants, the first one with my name, the second should be an interpolation of a string that should be a combination of the string "Hi there" and the name constant.

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Indroneel"
let greeting = "\("Hi there") \(name) \(".")"

1 Answer

William Hartvedt Skogstad
William Hartvedt Skogstad
5,857 Points
William Hartvedt Skogstad
William Hartvedt Skogstad
5,857 Points

When using string-interpolation the string(s) for the constant you're interpolating in should not be written within (). This is however true if you are using a variable or constant; with the \ in front like this \(name)

let name = "Indroneel"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)."
Indroneel Ray
Indroneel Ray
173 Points
Indroneel Ray
Indroneel Ray
173 Points

Thank you! It worked. Pretty good explanation btw :D