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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Parameters and Tuples Tuples

boris said
boris said
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Posted by boris said
boris said
3,607 Points

I get this strange error message and i don't know what it means please help

here is my code

func searchNames (#names: String) -> Bool {
    let names = ["Benny", "Tom", "Chris", "Phage"]

    var found = false

    for n in names {
        if n == names {
            found = true
        }
    }




    return found

}

searchNames(names: "Tom")

1 Answer

Maximiliane Quel
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Maximiliane Quel
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Maximiliane Quel
Maximiliane Quel
Courses Plus Student 55,489 Points

Hi,

you are calling both your parameter and the array "names". You need to rename one of those, so your code reads something like this:

func searchNames (#name: String) -> Bool {
    let names = ["Benny", "Tom", "Chris", "Phage"]

    var found = false

    for n in names {
        if n == name {
            found = true
        }
    }

    return found

}

searchNames(name: "Tom")

Hope that helps