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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Collections What is a Dictionary?

Posted by Akshat Jain
Akshat Jain
6,810 Points

Why wouldn't the following code work?

The output also doesn't show anything.

dictionaries.swift 
let currencies = ["US":"Dollar", "UK":"Pound", "JP":"Yen"]

let ukCurrency = ["UK":"Pondo Libre",]

1 Answer

Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points
Daniel Sattler
Daniel Sattler
4,867 Points

i do apologize. I totally misunderstood the issue before...

THIS would be the way to go in your case

Sorry

let currencies = ["US":"Dollar", "UK":"Pound", "JP":"Yen"]
let ukCurrency = currencies["UK"]
Akshat Jain
Akshat Jain
6,810 Points

Ah, I see. This works.