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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Classes and Objects Designated Initializer

Joshua Rystedt
Joshua Rystedt
4,086 Points
Posted by Joshua Rystedt
Joshua Rystedt
4,086 Points

Cannot Assign to Width to Self

When completing this challenge I followed Amit's example and passed the challenge section but XCode (6.3.2) is giving me the following error twice on lines 5 & 6: ! Cannot assign to 'width' in 'self'

Anyone know what is going on here?

Button.swift 
class Button {
    let width: Double = 1.00
    let height: Double = 1.00
    init(width: Double, height: Double) {
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
    }
}

1 Answer

Petar Popovic
Petar Popovic
Courses Plus Student 23,421 Points

Hi Joshua

That is because you set your width and height to be constants and gave them value of 1.00, then with init you try to assign them new value which is not possible because they are constants.

You need to change them to be variables (use var instead of let) or delete predefined value of 1.00