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iOS

Swift functions extra credit question - could you check my code?

The question is:

Write a function called fullName which takes two String parameters: firstName and lastName. It concatenates the two parameters and returns them as the fullName.

And this is what I came up with:

func fullName(firstName: String, lastName: String) -> String {

return("My name is (firstName) (lastName)")

}

println(fullName("Joe", "Smith"))

This isn't the exact way the code looks in Xcode - the return line is indented and there aren't any spaces between the lines.

It works, i.e. it prints "My name is Joe Smith" but it doesn't seem like the best code to me. What do you think? Are there better alternatives?

Thanks in advance.

4 Answers

Hey Dennis Lander , you can also implement it like this and do away with the println statement

func fullName(firstName: String, lastName: String) ->String{
    return("\(firstName) \(lastName)")
}

fullName("James", "Dean")

Your code seems OK, but the function would be more universal if you move the "My name is " part to println():

// Hint: You can use Markdown Cheatsheet link right under the input box!
func fullName(firstName: String, lastName: String) -> String {
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
}

var fName = fullName("Joe", "Smith")
println("My name is \(fName)")

Keep going!

Thanks! One more question: how do you put your code in this black box like in your replies? I played around with it in my post and I got only one line in a box like that. Much appreciated!

Check out the markdown cheatsheet