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The assignment ask for:
We need to add getter and setter methods to the fahrenheit property of the Temperature class. Add a getter method to the access the value of the fahrenheit property. Then add a setter method. When the user assigns a value to the fahrenheit property, the setter method will calculate and assign a value to the celsius property. (Note: Celsius = (Fahrenheit-32)/1.8))
My solution is 
class Temperature {
    var celsius: Float = 0.0
    var fahrenheit: Float {
        get {
            return fahrenheit
        }
        set {
            celsius = ((fahrenheit-32)/1.8)
        }
    }
}
What is wrong? the check button only says "Try again" where is the mistake? the preview button does not show any error.

Nathan Tallack · Answer

Ok.  A few things.
Firstly, the getter.  Remember only the property celsius is a value type.  The fahrenheit property is a computed property so it is not good to try and reference that for your getter.  Better to use the celsius property for the getter on the computed property.
Secondly, the setter.  You can't reference the celsius property here because that is an old value.  You need to read in the new value.  You could either declare the parameter name after the set, such as set(newTemp){}, or you could use use the default name newValue (part of syntactic sugar to help with shorthand setter declarations) as I have done in the example below.
swift
class Temperature {
    var celsius: Float = 0.0
    var fahrenheit: Float {
        get {
            return (celsius * 1.8) + 32.0
        }
        set {
            celsius = (newValue - 32) / 1.8
        }
    }
}

Makes sense?

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