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Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Chapter 4. `Functions and Enums: Reusing Code on Demand`, in section `Functions deal in values`

In Chapter 4. `Functions and Enums: Reusing Code on Demand`

In Section `Functions deal in values`:

The function definition of `multiplyBy42` does not compile.

func multiplyBy42(_ number: Int) {
number = number * 42
print("The number multiplied by 42 is: \(number)")
}

Error message: Cannot assign to value: 'number' is a 'let' constant.

Note from the Author or Editor:
The function multiplyBy42 should read:


func multiplyBy42(_ number: Int) {

let result = number * 42

print("The number multiplied by 42 is: \(result)")

}

The version in the book attempts to assign the result of multiplying number * 42 back to number, but because of the way functions work number is a constant and cannot be modified.

This revised version creates a constant named result inside the function and uses that, and then prints it.

 Anonymous  Jan 12, 2022