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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Ted Schmidt
Ted Schmidt
2,180 Points
Posted by Ted Schmidt
Ted Schmidt
2,180 Points

What's wrong with this code?

let name = "Milktoast" let greeting = "Hi there, (name)" let finalGreeting = "(greeting). How are you?"

strings.swift 
// Enter your code below

let name = "Milktoast"
let greeting = "Hi there, \(name)"
let finalGreeting = "\(greeting). How are you?"

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

It's not wrong per se, but it's different from what the task is asking for. The task specifies that you have to add the strings together using string concatenation. You have added them together using string interpolation. The result is the same but the underlying techniques are different. This task is specifically a test to see if you understand string concatenation.

With string concatenation you add string together using the + operator, for example:

"Hello " + "World!"
// results in the string "Hello World!"

So you are meant to add the greeting constant and the " How are you?" string together using that syntax.