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iOS Introduction to Table Views Decoupling the Data Source Mutating the Data Source

Henry Cooper
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Henry Cooper
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Henry Cooper
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 6,182 Points

Ambiguous type name 'Index' in 'Array'

Hi everyone, I seem to be having a problem with the outerIndex and innerIndex declarations. Both are saying giving me the error "Ambiguous type name 'Index' in 'Array'"

This is the second time I've done this project and it didn't happen the first time around but I can't seem to find any mention online. Perhaps something to do with Swift 4/Xcode 9

Thanks!

Marcus Klausen
Marcus Klausen
17,425 Points

Did you find the answer? If so you should post it in the answer section, as this page is index on google, and could help other students. I'm currently stuck on this matter too :)

1 Answer

Rafał Małczyński
Rafał Małczyński
15,699 Points
Rafał Małczyński
Rafał Małczyński
15,699 Points

Hey, simply check the docs! https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/array/index It seems like 'Array.Index' has been "typealiased" recently - simply 'Int', instead of writing all of that. Hope I helped you!

Christian A. Castro
Christian A. Castro
30,501 Points
Christian A. Castro
Christian A. Castro
30,501 Points

@QasaLee Did you was able to figure out?? I still getting the same issue?? My question is how I should implement the code...

typealias Indexx = Int?
var outIndex: Array.Indexx? = nil

However I still getting the same error message... 
"Ambiguous type name 'index' in Array'"
Trevor Duersch
Trevor Duersch
9,964 Points
Trevor Duersch
Trevor Duersch
9,964 Points

Christian, If you read Rafał Małczyński's comment, you simply just change it to "Int?" Check it out - 

        var outerIndex: Int? = nil
        var innerIndex: Int? = nil