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10,296 Points[Swift: Functions and Optionals] Tuples Challenge Help
So the task in the challenge is "Create a variable named result and assign it the tuple returned from function greeting. (Note: pass the string "Tom" to the greeting function.)"
func greeting(#person: String) -> (language: String, greeting: String) {
let language = "English"
let greeting = "Hello \(person)"
return (language, greeting)
}
var result = greeting(person: "Tom")
I tried adding changing the result line to this...
var result = (language, greeting(person: "Tom"))
but that didn't work either.
Any help here?
2 Answers
Oliver Pinchbeck
2,732 PointsThe error checking means you have to have the tuple the other way round in the return statement. Same thing really, but this will work:
func greeting(person: String) -> (language: String, greeting:String) {
let language = "English"
let greeting = "Hello \(person)"
return (greeting, language)
}
var result = greeting("Tom")
Mindy Sandilands
15,743 PointsI believe they are asking for the code to be rewritten by adding a variable named result with the tuple (greeting,language) returned. Try the code below and see if that works.
func greeting(person:String)->
(greeting:String,language:String){
var result = ("Hello \(person)","English")
return result
}
Tuples group multiple values into a single compound value and are particularly useful as the return values of functions.
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 PointsOliver's answer turned out to be correct, the return value in the tuple just needed to be flipped.
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 PointsJeff Wilkey
10,296 PointsThanks Oliver it worked!