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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Morgan Healis
Morgan Healis
1,633 Points
Posted by Morgan Healis
Morgan Healis
1,633 Points

Take Two

In this task we're going to declare two strings. First, declare a constant named name and assign to it a String containing your name.

Second, declare a constant named greeting. Set the value of greeting to an interpolated string that combines "Hi there, " with the string stored in the name constant.

As an example, the final value of greeting could be "Hi there, Linda".

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below
let name = "Morgan"
let greeting = "Hi there,"
let interpolatedGreeting = "\(greeting) + \(name)"

3 Answers

Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson
7,585 Points

Hi Morgan,

The challenge request to set the constant greeting to an interpolated string that combines "Hi there, " with the string stored in the name constant. Which would mean you would include the interpolated string name in value of greeting

let name = "Morgan"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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the plus sign doesn't go in the string. you have greeting, it already has a period in it. add a space and that's the end of the first string, then you put the plus, then the second string they ask for. so "string one" + "string two". also you have to call it what they ask for or it won't pass.

Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson
7,585 Points

Yes, you are absolutely right that my first answer was wrong. Sorry about that. I re-read the challenge and updated the answer above. That will work.