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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Yeshaya Coffman
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Yeshaya Coffman
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Not Understanding What I did Wrong!

The code Attached to this Question Is exactly the same I have on Xcode but in Xcode there is no error

here they tell me I have Three errors:

  1. expected ',' separator let greeting = "(Hi there), (name)" ^ ,
  2. use of unresolved identifier 'Hi' let greeting = "(Hi there), (name)" ^
  3. error: use of unresolved identifier 'there' let greeting = "(Hi there), (name)"
strings.swift 
// Enter your code below

let name = "Yeshaya"

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

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

You are trying to interpolate a String inside a String, but you don't need to. You use interpolation to put variables in Strings. Try this instead:

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

Note that the challenge is also asking for a period at the end.