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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Structs and their Methods Review and Final Exam

bharath yelavatti
bharath yelavatti
617 Points
Posted by bharath yelavatti
bharath yelavatti
617 Points

can we have an enum inside a struct ?

I wanted to know if we can have a enum declaration inside an struct. If yes how to do it ? like

Struct Task {

var Description : String

enum Status { case Doing,Pending,Completed }

}

1 Answer

Zac Mackey
Zac Mackey
11,392 Points
Zac Mackey
Zac Mackey
11,392 Points

Declaring the enum inside the struct is fine and the way you've laid it out is how I did it as well.

You won't be able to access the enum Status outside of the Task struct, but for this challenge that's not something to be concerned about. 

struct Task {
    var description: String

    enum Status {
        case Doing, Pending, Completing

        init(){
            self = .Pending
        }

        func statusString() -> String{
            switch self {
            case .Doing:
                return "Doing"
            case .Pending:
                return "Pending"
            case .Completing:
                return "Completing"
            }
        }
    }

    var status = Status()

    init(description: String) {
        self.description = description
    }
}