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Ben Ford
2,499 PointsI don't know what I am doing wrong with this piece of code - Help please!
NSString *color = @"Purple"; NSString *preference = @"My favorite color is"; NSString *favorite = [color stringByAppendingString:preference];
3 Answers
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 PointsTry this instead:
NSString *color = @"Purple";
NSString *preference = @"My favorite color is ";
NSString *favorite = [preference stringByAppendingString:color];
:)
Ben Ford
2,499 PointsThank you!
Can I ask why it is that way round?
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 PointsIt's just the way the method works. But think of it this way: Append always means to add at the end. In other words, the last argument will end up last in the completed string