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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Types Printing Results

Posted by Daniel Gross
Daniel Gross
2,545 Points

I keep getting an error for no reason

I have typed: println = “Learning (language)” and i can’t get it to work. i even copied the preview example and it didn’t work. how can i fix this.

println.swift 
let language = "Swift"
println = "Learning \(language)"

2 Answers

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

Hi Daniel,

The keyword println refers to a function while you're attempting to reassign it as a variable which isn't allowed, what you want is the below.

let language = "Swift"
println("Learning \(language)")
Daniel Gross
Daniel Gross
2,545 Points
Daniel Gross
Daniel Gross
2,545 Points

oh thanks, i watched the video again and saw my mistake.