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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Interloping string question: Answer: let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)." what am I missing?

let greeting = "Hi there, (name)."

3 Answers

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,159 Points

Pop a \ infront of your (name).

You need to escape that (name) with the \ otherwise it just interprets it as (name) rather than you wanting to insert the value of the name variable.

Brett Kim
Brett Kim
11,576 Points

A backslash.

let greeting = "Hi there, (name)."

Brett Kim
Brett Kim
11,576 Points

A backslash.

let greeting = "Hi there, (name)."