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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by AJ Vazquez
AJ Vazquez
1,064 Points

I just started Swift and I just have 1 question: what am I doing wrong?

I just don't know what Im doing wrong.

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

1 Answer

David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points
David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points

Hi AJ,

The problem is that you are trying to interpolate the literal part of your string. Your string literal, e.g. the text that you want to use, only needs to be enclosed by quotation marks. The backslash/parentheses are meant to be wrapped around non-string types like the variable "name".

So the corrected code would look like this:

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

Hope that helps.