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iOS Swift 2.0 Functions Function Parameters Returning Complex Values

yusuf Dibswazit
yusuf Dibswazit
1,522 Points
Posted by yusuf Dibswazit
yusuf Dibswazit
1,522 Points

Anyone out there? please help. thanx

Don't know what to do

functions.swift 
// Enter your code below
func getTowerCoordinates(location: string) -> ( Double, Double) {
    switch {
      case "Eifel Tower": return: (48.8582, 2.2945) 
      case "Great Pyramid": return: (29.9792, 31.1344)
      case "Sydney Opera House": return: (33.8587, 151.2140)
      default : return: (0, 0)

    }
    return ( Double, Double)
}
let location = getTowerCoordinates(Double, Double )

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey there,

unfortunately you have multiple mistakes in your code:

  • You have to write the type String for the location parameter in uppercase
  • You forgot to specify the variable/constant, in this case the parameter location , the switch statement should compare its cases to
  • There's a small typo in "Eiffel Tower", note the additional "f"
  • There shouldn't be colons after your return statement
  • You can remove the return statement in the end as you're already returning the values in the switch block
  • You don't have to assign the result of the function to a constant yourself in the end, this will happen automatically when the challenge is evaluated. But also note that it would be wrong if you write it like this because the parameter takes a String and you're writing the type Double two times

If you fix all the mistakes it should look somehow like this:

// Enter your code below
func getTowerCoordinates(location: String) -> (Double, Double) {
    switch location {
      case "Eiffel Tower": return (48.8582, 2.2945) 
      case "Great Pyramid": return (29.9792, 31.1344)
      case "Sydney Opera House": return (33.8587, 151.2140)
      default: return (0, 0)
    }
}

I hope that helps, good luck!

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

String must be capitalized (as the input parameter type). switch has to have a value to switch on (here it's location). You also have an extra return statement.

func getTowerCoordinates(location: String) -> (Double, Double) {

    switch location {
    case "Eiffel Tower":
        return (lat: 48.8582, lon: 2.2945)
    case "Great Pyramid":
        return (lat: 29.9792, lon: 31.1344)
    case "Sydney Opera House":
        return (lat: 33.8587, lon: 151.2140)
    default:
        return (lat: 0,lon: 0)
    }

}