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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Structs and their Methods Struct Methods

Posted by Marco Leo
Marco Leo
1,007 Points

add a method named calculateTaxes which accepts a parameter named 'percentage of type Double and dose not return anythin

Can't seem to figure out whats wrong?

struct.swift 
struct Expense {
    var description: String
    var amount: Double = 0.0

    init (description: String) {
        self.description = description
    }

    func calculateTaxes ("percentage") -> Double {
    // it should accept only one parameter named 'percentage' of type Double
}
}

1 Answer

Brendan Drake
Brendan Drake
4,162 Points
Brendan Drake
Brendan Drake
4,162 Points

You have percentage in quotations, which would make it a string. All parameters should not be in quotes; for example it should look like" func calculateTaxes (percentage: Double) -> Double ". Also since the prompt says to not return anything, you should take away the " -> Double " part at the end of that line of code. Thats where you specify which type of data is being returned. If you are not returning anything, you don't put anything there. Hope this helps!