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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types Recap: Swift Types

Spencer Terry
Spencer Terry
305 Points
Posted by Spencer Terry
Spencer Terry
305 Points

I don't understand how to get past this challenge in string literal interpolation

I don't think I understand what the challenge is wanting me to do in regards to making the string literal interpolated

types.swift 
// Enter your code below
let firstValue = 2
let secondValue = 4
let product = firstValue * secondValue
let output: String = "(\The prduct of 2 times 4 is 8)"

2 Answers

Keli'i Martin
Keli'i Martin
8,227 Points
Keli'i Martin
Keli'i Martin
8,227 Points

The \( ) syntax is used to translate the value of a variable into a string. In other words, if you have

var value = 10

Then the following line will use that to create the string "He is 10 years old."

var sentence = "He is \(value) years old."

Hope that helps.