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Rubens Neto
13,422 PointsBummer on code challenge.
Hi guys! My code works perfectly in Xcode but is bumming in code challenge. This is the error message: "Make sure you are declaring a method called description that returns a String"
This is my code:
struct Tag {
let name: String
}
struct Post {
let title: String
let author: String
let tag: Tag
func description()->String{
return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag)"
}
}
let tag = Tag(name: "swift")
let firstPost = Post(title:"iOS Development", author:"Apple", tag: tag)
let postDescription = firstPost.description()
1 Answer
Jhoan Arango
14,575 PointsHey guys:
The compiler is working fine, you just missed one detail, which is hard to notice sometimes. When doing the return on the instance method, you want to use: tag.name
return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag.name)" // tag.name
This should fix your problem.
Complete Code
struct Tag {
let name: String
}
struct Post {
let title: String
let author: String
let tag: Tag
// Instance method
func description() -> String {
return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag.name)"
// tag.name will access the stored property of Tag.
}
}
// Creating an instance of Post & Tag
let firstPost = Post(title: "iOS Development", author: "Apple", tag: Tag(name:"swift"))
// Using the instance method and assigning it to a constant
let postDescription = firstPost.description()
Hope this helps
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHaha! Thank you - I was not seeing the wood for the trees!
Steve.
Rubens Neto
13,422 PointsThank you very much Jhoan Arango!!! It solved the problem. =)
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsSteve Hunter
57,712 PointsCode looks OK to me - I did just try this and got the same result. There may be some glitches that need sorting out. It worked fine when I took the course! Give it some time and try again; it'll get fixed, I am sure. If not, email support with the issue.
One note about your code; your constructor for the
firstPostconstant can be done in one line without creating thetagconstant:let firstPost = Post(title:"iOS Development", author:"Apple", tag: Tag(name: "swift"))Just a pointer! :-)
Steve.