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Rohan Prashanth
1,205 PointsCan someone help me figure out why my code for the code challenge isn't working?
The hint given is that I should make sure I am adding the instance in the struct definition
struct Person {
let firstName: String
let lastName: String
init(firstName: String lastName:: String) {
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
}
func fullName(firstName: String, lastName: String) -> Person {
var result = Person(firstName, lastName)
}
return result
}
1 Answer

Bruce Röttgers
18,211 PointsHey,
a struct doesn't need a custom initializer. Also the initializer definition has 2 errors:
- Between first name and last name parameters needs to be a comma.
- You used two colons behind the lastName parameter
the right way it would look like this
init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
Next error, you are returning the result outside of the function.
Next error: The function should return a String and not an instance of Person
Next error: The string should be the first name + a space + the last name
Hope that helps, please don't forget to select this as a best answer if it solved your problem.
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,697 PointsBrendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,697 Pointscheck the preview tab, there's a lot of compiler errors