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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Bob Clanfield
Bob Clanfield
2,372 Points

IOS Swift String interpolation. Are all these wrong? None seem to work.

let name = "Bob" let greeting = "Hi there, (name) " let finalGreeting = greeting

let name = "Bob" let finalGreeting = "Hi there, (name) "

let name = "Bob" let greeting = "Hi there," + name

strings.swift
// Enter your code below

//let name = "Bob"
//let greeting = "Hi there, \(name) "
//let finalGreeting =  greeting

//let name = "Bob"
//let finalGreeting = "Hi there, \(name) "

let name = "Bob"
let greeting = "Hi there," + name

2 Answers

Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

The code you have commented out is correct, but might not be formatted exactly how they wanted.

greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"

Here greeting is interpolated (without space after name).

Also, finalGreeting should be a concatenation using greeting

finalGreeting = greeting + " How are you?"

notice the space before How so that it matches when the strings are added together.

Complete answer:

let name = "Todd"

let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"

let finalGreeting = greeting + " How are you?"
Bob Clanfield
Bob Clanfield
2,372 Points

Hi Todd, I finally figured it out. Part of the issue was that I didn't understand that it was not a second task , rather a continuation of the first. Many Thanks for your reply! ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ ą„