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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Ceejay Doyle
Ceejay Doyle
96 Points

Don't understand what I am doing wrong. this is my code let name = "Ceejay" let greeting = "\(Hi, there) \(name)"

Don't understand what I am doing wrong. this is my code let name = "Ceejay" let greeting = "(Hi, there) (name)"

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

2 Answers

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

You're not far from the answer. However, the "Hi there, " portion of the greeting does not need to be inside a pair of parentheses. Also, pay attention to the string the challenge is expecting. For example, you have a comma after Hi, but the challenge does not expect one there.

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

Lastly, pay attention to the second part of this challenge. It is wanting string concatenation! You will need to use the plus operator, + this time.

Ceejay Doyle
Ceejay Doyle
96 Points

Oh yeah!! Thank you very much

Jialong Zhang
Jialong Zhang
9,821 Points
Jialong Zhang
Jialong Zhang
9,821 Points

White space matter in this challenge.

let name = "Ceejay"
let greeting = "Hi, there,\(name)"   //with no space, output:  "Hi, there,Ceejay"
let greeting2 = "Hi, there, \(name)" //with space, output: "Hi, there, Ceejay"