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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Eli MBS
Eli MBS
1,158 Points
Posted by Eli MBS
Eli MBS
1,158 Points

Call the instance?

Would be glad if someone could help me with this. The part I don't understand is: "Once you have an instance, call the instance method and assign the full name to a constant named fullName."

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    func getFullName() -> String {
        return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Max", lastName: "Maxi")

let fullName = aPerson

1 Answer

pascalac
pascalac
237 Points
pascalac
pascalac
237 Points

You have it almost correctly. The only thing you're missing here is calling the getFullName() method. I think you're confused by the "call the instance method" part of the task. Since getFullName() is a method for an instance of the struct (and not static) it is called an instance method.

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    func getFullName() -> String {
        return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Max", lastName: "Maxi")

let fullName = aPerson.getFullName()

Hope this helps :)

Eli MBS
Eli MBS
1,158 Points
Eli MBS
Eli MBS
1,158 Points

Thank you! Now I understand it :)