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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Aditya Gawade
Aditya Gawade
1,182 Points
Posted by Aditya Gawade
Aditya Gawade
1,182 Points

don't know how to solve

Given the struct below in the editor, we want to add a method that returns the person’s full name. Declare a method named getFullName() that returns a string containing the person’s full name. Note: Make sure to allow for a space between the first and last name

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
}
func getFullName() -> String {
return "firstName lastName"
}

2 Answers

Moritz Lang
Moritz Lang
25,909 Points
Moritz Lang
Moritz Lang
25,909 Points

Additionaly to Fernado's answer you also have to use string interpolation to grab the values of the constants. Otherwise you would just return "firstName lastName". With string interpolation you could solve this problem with writing the following lines:

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    func getFullName() -> String {
        return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}

If you have any further questions on why my solution looks like that feel free to answer :)

Fernando Boza
Fernando Boza
25,384 Points
Fernando Boza
Fernando Boza
25,384 Points

You're right there, remember methods and properties goes INSIDE the scope of the struct, not outside. Place your method(function) inside the scope of Person after the properties (variables and constants)