Xcode 8 Console not Displaying Result

Question

Hey guys and girls,
I am a beginning Swift programmer and I am making an area calculator in Xcode to practice my use of functions. However, when I finished writing my code I noticed that the console in Xcode would not print out anything. Is there anything wrong with my code or is it just that the Xcode console is kind of not working and needs to be fixed in the next update?
Here is my code:
func areaCalculator(length: Int, width: Int) -> Int {
    let area = length * width
    return area
}
areaCalculator(length: 8, width: 8)
What I meant for the code to do is to return 64 to the console, since I entered 8 for length and also 8 for width. However, the console is not responding and is showing nothing.

Thomas Dobson · Answer

Han,
```Swift
func areaCalculator(length: Int, width: Int) -> Int
{
  let area = length * width
  return area
}
areaCalculator(length: 8, width: 8)
```
This code works fine. Xcode playgrounds are a constant frustration for me. Often code stops/gets stuck compiling in real time. The best solution I have found to temporarily remediate the problem is to fully quit xcode, and relaunch xcode and my playground.
I hope this helps!

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Xcode 8 Console not Displaying Result

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Thomas Dobson

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