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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Audio Manzana
Audio Manzana
642 Points
Posted by Audio Manzana
Audio Manzana
642 Points

I'm confused on when to concatenate something versus interpolating it. When would you want to use one over the other?

I feel as if interpolating strings is easier and looks cleaner than concatenating it so I don't really see a use for doing the latter

1 Answer

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

I agree with you! I think interpolation does, indeed, look better. String concatenation is just a result of how the language is made. Adding two strings together is a valid operation and most languages agree that when you do so, it combines them.