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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types Recap: Swift Types

Posted by Aran Taylor
Aran Taylor
173 Points

types.swift

This looks right, but it's telling me that I'm wrong, even though the preview tells me there is nothing wrong with it. Help please?

types.swift 
// Enter your code below

let firstValue: Int = 2
let secondValue: Int = 4

let product = "firstValue * secondValue"
let output = "The product of \(firstValue) times \(secondValue) is \(product)"

4 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey there,

good job, you almost got it right! The problem is that you're setting the product constant to the String "firstValue * secondValue". To multiply the values you have to remove the quotes around the calculation like so:

// Enter your code below

let firstValue: Int = 2
let secondValue: Int = 4

let product = firstValue * secondValue
let output = "The product of \(firstValue) times \(secondValue) is \(product)"

I hope that helps! :)

Ahmet GULER
Ahmet GULER
7,181 Points
Ahmet GULER
Ahmet GULER
7,181 Points

you are putting let product constant value inside quotes " ". so product constant is becoming a String.

Ahmet GULER
Ahmet GULER
7,181 Points
Ahmet GULER
Ahmet GULER
7,181 Points

let product = firstValue * secondValue

this way it will stay as an Integer

Aran Taylor
Aran Taylor
173 Points
Aran Taylor
Aran Taylor
173 Points

Thanks both so much :) Really new to Swift so feel kinda stupid that I made such a simple mistake. Thanks for your quick and helpful replies though :)

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

I'm glad I could help! But you shouldn't feel stupid now, simple mistakes happen to all of us. Keep up the good work! :)

Aran Taylor
Aran Taylor
173 Points
Aran Taylor
Aran Taylor
173 Points

Thanks very much :D