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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Parameters and Tuples Named Parameters

Posted by Paula Samuels
Paula Samuels
1,853 Points

I've created a function called greeting that uses 'person' as its parameter, but apparently something's still wrong.

I continue getting the same generic "Bummer" message which is just a repetition of the the original task description. No help whatsoever...

named_parameters.swift 
func greeting(person: String)->String {
return person
}
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Is the challenge asking you to make it a return ? If its only asking you to create a function that takes “person” as a parameter then you are adding extra things to the function..

func greeting(person: String) {
println(person)

}
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points

I agree with Jhoan Arango , what exactly is the challenge asking?

1 Answer

kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points
kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points

You need to simply prefix the person parameter with # to make it an external parameter.

func greeting(#person: String) {
    println("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting(person: "Jerry")