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Abdurahman Sharif
1,205 Pointstrouble with functions and return functions. when do i use what?
extra credit, its asking us to : Write a function called fullName which takes two String parameters: firstName and lastName. It concatenates the two parameters and returns them as the fullName.
this is what i have on my playground. but the end product is not what i want. any suggestions and explanation on why its not working for me?
this is what i have:
func fullName (firstName: String, lastName: String) { let name = firstName + lastName println("My Name is (name)") }
fullName(John,Doe)
but it wont print on my console output
please help
3 Answers
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsYou missed __ in your println, also, it's preferable to have a space between firstName and lastName.
func fullName(firstName:String, lastName:String) {
let name = "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
println("My name is \(name)")
}
fullName("John", "Doe") // => "My name is John Doe"
kjvswift93
13,515 PointsMaybe you should try
println("My name is \(name)")
Abdurahman Sharif
1,205 Pointsoh im sorry, yes thats what i had
Abdurahman Sharif
1,205 Pointsthis is what i meant to post
func fullName (firstName: String, lastName: String) { let name = firstName + lastName println("My Name is (name)") }
fullName(John,Doe)
Abdurahman Sharif
1,205 PointsAbdurahman Sharif
1,205 Pointsoh, i forgot the "" when i entered my name.. but will, why is the way i did it or you did it a little different then when the instructor showed on the video, is it ecause he was using integers?
the example in the video was
func calculateArea (height: Int, width: Int) { let area = height * width println(" the area of the room is (area)") }
calculateArea(10,12)
i mean he didnt use "(height) * (width)"
he just wrote hight * width.. why is ours so different when we used a String
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsWilliam Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsAbdurahman, String is String, Integer is Integer, each data type has its own unique sets of operations and how you need to use them. You can't guess how one data type should be used based on the knowledge you have on another data type. In the example
let area = height * width, it's assigning the product of height and width and assign to area, they can be used this way because it's Integer, and it supports multiplication.let name = "\(firstName) \(lastName)", here what we do isn't so different, except we're dealing with String here, so the operations is different than dealing with Int, that's how we combine two strings together and add a space in the middle. :)Abdurahman Sharif
1,205 PointsAbdurahman Sharif
1,205 Pointsoh ok.understood. thank you again