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iOS Generics in Swift Generic Types Creating a Generic Type

Johnny Nguyen
Johnny Nguyen
3,875 Points
Posted by Johnny Nguyen
Johnny Nguyen
3,875 Points

Challenge Task 2 of Creating a Queue

When adding isEmpty stored property, I'm not sure why I'm getting it wrong

generics.swift 
struct Queue<Element> {

   var array: [Element]


  var isEmpty: Bool {
      return array.isEmpty
  }

}

2 Answers

rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points

I don't know any Swift, so I'm going to have trouble explaining why it works the way it seems to but I'll give it a shot. Assuming you're working on Task 2, it looks like you'll need to manually work out what is returned.

struct Queue<Element> {
  var array = [Element]()
  var isEmpty: Bool {
    // check boolean value using an if statement
    // if true, return true else return false
  }
}

I don't know why the challenge wants you to do it this way. While I can't say for sure as I'm not familiar with the language, it seems to me like your code should work fine assuming isEmpty returns a boolean.

Sometimes challenges want your solution in a specific format and may not pass even if your end result is correct. I would try testing your code in workspaces or your own environment and see if you get the results you expect. If so, they're likely looking for a specific solution. If not, there's something else going on with your isEmpty test.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but hopefully that gives you an idea of how to progress. Good luck, and happy coding!

Johnny Nguyen
Johnny Nguyen
3,875 Points
Johnny Nguyen
Johnny Nguyen
3,875 Points

I put the code in Xcode and it works fine. I have try multiple ways to check if the array is empty but they don't also work. Thanks for your reply anyway.

rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points

In the interest of getting you through to the next step, the following code seems to work for the purposes of the challenge. (Note that as far as I can tell, the way you're doing it seems not only fine, but probably better.)

var isEmpty: Bool {
    if array.isEmpty {
      return true
    } else {
      return false
    }
}