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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Max Levitan
Max Levitan
270 Points

Interpolated Strings? I understand it in the video but can't seem to relay the information to the actual coding of it.

I've tried close to a dozen times I can not seem to get this interpolated string to work correctly.

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below

let name = "Max"

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

1 Answer

Abirbhav Goswami
Abirbhav Goswami
15,450 Points

Okay. So we use string interpolation to insert the value of an expression (a variable, result of a function, mathematical expression) into a string. 

let aNumber = 10
print("This string says that the value of aNumber is \(aNumber)")

This code will print "This string says that the value of aNumber is 10" Which means that the expression inside () is evaluated to its value and used in the string.

So the code that you need is:

let name = "Max"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"

Hope that clears it up.