task #2

Great question, Swift is a little different than many here:

If it's not using the method labels: greeting("jerry")

If you program is using method labels: greeting(labelHere: "jerry")

I hope this is helpful. I've included a couple references in case you would like extra clarification: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/swift/conceptual/swift_programming_language/Functions.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24045890/why-does-a-function-call-require-the-parameter-name-in-swift

thank you for your reply! i got this and something is wrong with my second line: func greeting(#person: String) { greeting(person: "Jerry") println("Hello (person)") } i even tried replacing "person" on the second line with "String" and it was still wrong. any ideas?

If I'm reading your function correctly it's going something like?

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

While I don't know exactly what the requirements are for the challenge, I'd recommend changing the following to be syntactically correct:

1 - the 2nd lines that says: greeting(person: "Jerry") needs to be moved outside the greeting(#person: String) function. You shouldn't be calling the greeting(#person: String) function from inside itself. The principle of calling a method/function within itself is called recursion, and I'm sure it's not what you're trying to do.

2 - After you've moved greeting(person: "Jerry") outside of the greeting(#person: String) method, check the spelling of "Jerry" to ensure that it matches the requirements. By this I mean the "J" may need to be lowercase.

3 - Also, the last line where it says println("Hello (person)"), you'll want to change it to println("Hello \(person)"). The extra slash tells Swift you're inserting a variable into a string, and you want to read out whatever's in the variable. Does that make sense?

Please let me know if this doesn't iron it out for you. These challenges can be a little frustrating sometimes since they're either hit or miss. Good luck!

try this:

func greeting(person: String) -> (String) {
    let greeting = "Hello \(person)"

    return (greeting)
}

var result = greeting("Jerry")

println(result.0)