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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Functions Function Return Types

Posted by Joyce Ryu
Joyce Ryu
1,124 Points

what is wrong with my coding?

I am having a hard time solving this problem.

Can anyone help me out?

returns.swift 
func greeting(person: String) -> String {
let greeting = "Hello" + person 
return greeting 
}
println(person("Tom"))

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 Points
Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 Points

The name of the function is 'greeting'. You're calling a function called 'person', which is the name you gave to your perameter.

do this instead: println(greeting("Tom"))