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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

David Finifter
David Finifter
1,364 Points
Posted by David Finifter
David Finifter
1,364 Points

interpolation question

Not sure to understand what is wrong with my code

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "David"
let greeting = "\(Hi there), \(name)."

2 Answers

Kagan Dikmen
Kagan Dikmen
1,220 Points
Kagan Dikmen
Kagan Dikmen
1,220 Points

"Hi there" is not a variable or constant. It's only a part of greeting. You should write like this:

let greeting = "Hi there, (name)"

Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points
Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points

Take care, though, it's supposed to be

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

This forums seems to strip the backslash with regular text.