I am not a novice programmer by any means. The idea of combining something like "The product of" into an interpolated S

Question

.....String is not well explained.  I am trying to add the words without making that phrase a variable of its own.  Please elaborate on how to do this.  Thanks.....
```types.swift
// Enter your code below
let firstValue = 20
let secondValue = 30
let product = firstValue * secondValue
let output = "("The product of "), (firstValue), ("times"), (secondValue), ("is"), (product)"
```

Greg Kaleka · Accepted Answer

Hi Logan,
So "the product of" is just a mathematical term that means the result of multiplying two numbers together. The product of 5 and 2 is 10, for example. You already have the product of firstValue and secondValue stored in the constant product, so no more work to do there.
Secondly - you're doing way too much work in your interpolated string. There's no need to surround everything with parens. Interpolated strings are cool - you just write what you want the sentence to say except where you want to stick in a programmatic value like a variable or a mathmatical operation. For example:
swift
let explanation = "The product of 5 and 2 is \(5 * 2), for example."
// this becomes "The product of 5 and 2 is 10, for example."

Neat, right? Let the computer do the math :blush:
So for this challenge you want to do basically the same thing, except 1. you want to use your firstValue and secondValue constants instead of hardcoding the numbers, and 2. You want to use the product constant instead of doing the math inside the string interpolation.
Really, you're quite close with your code. You've just got some extra \()s and commas and quote marks in there. A few strokes of the delete key and you'll have it.
Make sense? Let me know if you still can't figure it out!
Cheers :beers:
-Greg

Sam Wight · Answer

See this answer (https://teamtreehouse.com/community/how-to-write-interpolated-strings-in-swift) for information about string interpolation in Swift. Your last line should look like this: 
 let output = "The product of \(firstValue) times \(secondValue) is \(product)."

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I am not a novice programmer by any means. The idea of combining something like "The product of" into an interpolated S

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