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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Classes Instances of Classes

mahi
mahi
7,137 Points
Posted by mahi
mahi
7,137 Points

almost there!!

created the class, initialised the values, now am having a hard time in creating and calling the instance

classes.swift 
class Shape {
    var numberOfSides: Int

    init(numberOfSides: Int){
        self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides

   }

}
let aPerson = Shape(numberOfSides: 4)
let someShape = aPerson.numberOfSides

1 Answer

Angel Caro
Angel Caro
11,831 Points
Angel Caro
Angel Caro
11,831 Points

You need to create an instance with the name someShape like this:

class Shape {
      var numberOfSides: Int

      init(numberOfSides: Int) {
          self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides
          }

      }

      let someShape = Shape(numberOfSides: 4)
mahi
mahi
7,137 Points
mahi
mahi
7,137 Points

thanks a lot!