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iOS Enumerations and Optionals in Swift Objects and Optionals Enums with Raw Values

Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points
Posted by Raphael Reiter
Raphael Reiter
6,820 Points

enums with raw values code challenge

enum Compass: Int { case north = 4 case south = 1 case east = 2 case west = 3 }

let direction = Compass.south.rawValue

Heres my code, works on xCode ... What's wrong with it? Thanks

enums.swift 
enum Compass: Int {
case north = 4
    case south = 1
    case east = 2
    case west = 3
}

let direction = Compass.south.rawValue

3 Answers

David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points
David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points

Try something like this:

enum Compass: Int {
    case north = 1
    case south
    case east
    case west
}

let direction = Compass(rawValue: 1)
Harold Sweat
PLUS
Harold Sweat
Courses Plus Student 7,407 Points
Harold Sweat
Harold Sweat
Courses Plus Student 7,407 Points

I had Raphael's same answer to this question and it did not pass. I also copied David's code in and that didn't pass either.