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Benjamin Taylor
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Benjamin Taylor
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Posted by Benjamin Taylor
Benjamin Taylor
Courses Plus Student 2,379 Points

Issues with Interpolated String 1 of 2

I am stuck on the Interpolated "Hi there" problem

Keeps saying "Bummer! Make sure the value you are assigning to greeting is an interpolated string"

The code I am typing works in xcode, but not on the main site. I have tried several different ways. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

let name = "Ben" let greeting = "Hi there,"

let interpolated = "(greeting) (name)"

Also tried

let name = "Ben" let greeting = "Hi there"

let interpolated = "(greeting), (name)"

THERE ARE FORWARD SLASHES IN FRONT OF (greeting) and (name) IN BOTH EXAMPLES

Both work in xcode

2 Answers

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi Benjamin,

string interpolation requires the backslash "\". The greeting constant should store "Hi there, Ben".

let name = "Ben"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
Benjamin Taylor
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Benjamin Taylor
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Benjamin Taylor
Benjamin Taylor
Courses Plus Student 2,379 Points

Typing that gets me

"Bummer! Make sure you are declaring a constant called finalGreeting"

Still does not work. And as I said in my question above. I already have those slashes. For some reason they didn't show when I typed in this forum.

Also how are you able to add this screen capture

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

The solution I wrote above was for task 1 of 2 (as stated in the title of your thread). If it asks for finalGreeting, this is another question. I wrote about the backslashes because you were talking about using forward slashes, therefore I wasn't sure whether you were using the correct type of slashes. In the "Markdown Cheatsheet" you can find the instructions on how to post your code in "screen capture" style. A link to it is below the "Add an Answer" field.