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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Andrea Gorodezky
Andrea Gorodezky
1,255 Points

PLEASE HELP ME WITH STRING INTERPOLATION!!! Why is this wrong?

please

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Andrea"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name) \."
Ghaith Ali
Ghaith Ali
3,134 Points
Ghaith Ali
Ghaith Ali
3,134 Points

i think you have a problem with the syntax of String interpolation, this is how i would do it:

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

I think your problem is that you are adding the extra back slash at the end, that causes the compiler to expect a function. hope my answered helps

1 Answer

ianhan3
ianhan3
4,263 Points
ianhan3
ianhan3
4,263 Points

You added an extra \ to your string. Think of String Interpolation as a placeholder for your parameter, variable, constant, etc.

So for you: 

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

or another example:

var petThatILove = "cats"
let sentenceIUseOftenOnTheInternet = "I love \(petThatILove)."

which if printed (print()) would say "I love cats."