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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Kjetil Korsveien
Kjetil Korsveien
1,713 Points
Posted by Kjetil Korsveien
Kjetil Korsveien
1,713 Points

Works in Xcode, but not in the CodeChallenge

Xcode, but not in the CodeChallenge

let name = "Kjetil." let greeting = "("Hi there") (name)"

also tried different variations with the punctionation mark.

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Kjetil."
let greeting = "\("Hi there") \(name)"
Kjetil Korsveien
Kjetil Korsveien
1,713 Points
Kjetil Korsveien
Kjetil Korsveien
1,713 Points

Tnx Kyle! I wasn't thinking simple enough :)

1 Answer

Kyle Lambert
Kyle Lambert
1,969 Points
Kyle Lambert
Kyle Lambert
1,969 Points

Hi Kjetil, the reason for the error is because you're trying to use string interpolation on a value that isn't declared. 'name' is declared by the constant

let name = "Kjetil"

However 'Hi there' isn't declared and is only a part of the constant 'greeting'

There is two ways to correct this.

  1. Remove string interpolation from 'Hi there'

    let name = "Kjetil"
let greeting = "Hi there \(name)."

  2. Declare 'Hi there' as a constant

    let name = "Kjetil"
let someGreeting = "Hi there"
let greeting = "\(someGreeting) \(name)."

But for the sake of this code challenge use answer 1.