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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Parameters and Tuples Tuples

Posted by Naoto Ohno
Naoto Ohno
904 Points

I don't see any problem with my code, but i can't compile it .

I don't see any problem with my code, but i can't compile it .

tuples.swift 
func greeting(person: String) -> (greeting: String, language: String) {

    let greeting = ("Hello \(person)", "English")


    return greeting
}


var result = greeting(person:"Tom")

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Naoto,

The problem lies in your declaration for result, you've called the greeting function with an unknown named parameter called person, since person doesn't start with a hash/pound # symbol before it, we can omit person: from the declaration.

var result = greeting("Tom")

Happy coding!