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Sam Blaha
15,146 PointsWhy is it forcing me to use XYZZY?
I know what to do to fix this. Change let name = "XYZZY" but why is it forcing me to use XYZZY?? It says no where in those instructions to use XYZZY.
func greeting(person: String) {
let name = "Tom"
println("Hello \(name)")
}
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Sam,
The issue with your code isn't the use of which name you've chosen - it is the creation of a constant inside the method. That's not required.
I don't know what error you're receiving but it may be misleading.
You've hard-coded "Tom" into the method by defining a constant. You're then using string interpolation to output "Hello Tom". So you've done the hard bit of this challenge! However, if you remember the first step of the challenge was to modify the method so that it took a string as a parameter? That's the string you should be interpolating into the println method. The method does not have a hard-coded name.
func greeting(person: String) {
println("Hello \(person)")
}
greeting("Tom") // call the function using "Tom"
I hope that makes sense.
Steve.
Sam Blaha
15,146 PointsI got it. Thanks! But the weird thing is when I hard coded "Tom" it wouldn't work but hard coding "XYZZY" works... Is there something about XYZZY that makes it unique?