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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Dylan Hart
Dylan Hart
240 Points
Posted by Dylan Hart
Dylan Hart
240 Points

Why wont this work? // Enter your code bellow let name = "Dylan" let greeting = " \ (Hi there), \ (name)"

WHy?

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

1 Answer

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

You never declared "Hi there," therefore you cannot use string interpolation.

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