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iOS Protocols in Swift Creating Flexible Objects Using Protocols Protocol Inheritance

Christopher Thiebaut
Christopher Thiebaut
2,736 Points
Posted by Christopher Thiebaut
Christopher Thiebaut
2,736 Points

Challenge task 2 of 2 fails for no apparent reason.

My code runs fine in Xcode and has no errors or warnings. In the web-based editor here on Treehouse, it fails and says I need to make sure Dog conforms to Pet (which it does). In the past, I've had code challenges fail due to different whitespace. Is that what's happening here? What am I missing?

protocols.swift 
protocol Animal {
  var numberOfLegs: Int { get }
}

protocol Pet : Animal {
    var cuddlyName: String { get }
}

struct Dog : Pet {
  var numberOfLegs: Int = 4
  var cuddlyName: String
}

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

Only thing I could find "wrong" with your code is the space between the Dog struct name and the colon? Maybe this is an issue with how treehouse is checking that you completed the challenge? Xcode doesn't show that space as an error or warning.

protocol Animal {
  var numberOfLegs: Int { get }
}

protocol Pet: Animal {
  var cuddlyName: String { get }
}

struct Dog: Pet {
  var numberOfLegs: Int
  var cuddlyName: String
}
Christopher Thiebaut
Christopher Thiebaut
2,736 Points
Christopher Thiebaut
Christopher Thiebaut
2,736 Points

Thanks, it turns out that was the problem.