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iOS

Posted by Faraz Malik
Faraz Malik
20,721 Points

Error message: "Expression pattern of type 'Point' cannot match values of type 'Point'"

I am using Xcode. Hello there. I am trying to construct an app where pressing buttons allows you to move a dot across 4 UILabels, which have been labelled as coordinates. Please look at my code below of ViewController.swift (Cocoa touch file) and MovementConstruction.swift.

ViewController.swift:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var upButton: UIButton!
    @IBOutlet weak var rightButton: UIButton!
    @IBOutlet weak var downButton: UIButton!
    @IBOutlet weak var leftButton: UIButton!

    @IBOutlet weak var coordinates0_0: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var coordinates0_1: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var coordinates1_0: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var coordinates1_1: UILabel!

    let backgroundColorProvider = BackgroundColorProvider()
    var location = Location()
    var currentPosition = Point()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    @IBAction func upMovement() {
        view.backgroundColor = backgroundColorProvider.randomColor()
        currentPosition = location.moveUp()

    }

    @IBAction func downMovement() {
        view.backgroundColor = backgroundColorProvider.randomColor()
        currentPosition = location.moveDown()
    }

    @IBAction func leftMovement() {
        view.backgroundColor = backgroundColorProvider.randomColor()
        currentPosition = location.moveLeft()
    }

    @IBAction func rightMovement() {
        view.backgroundColor = backgroundColorProvider.randomColor()
        currentPosition = location.moveRight()
    }
}

MovementConstruction.swift:

import Foundation
import UIKit

struct Point {
    var x: Int = 0
    var y: Int = 0
}

class Location {
    var currentLocation = Point()
    var possibleLocation0_0 = Point(x: 0, y: 0)
    var possibleLocation0_1 = Point(x: 0, y: 1)
    var possibleLocation1_0 = Point(x: 1, y: 0)
    var possibleLocation1_1 = Point(x: 1, y: 1)

    func moveUp() -> Point {
        currentLocation.y += 1
        return currentLocation
    }
    func moveDown() -> Point {
        currentLocation.y -= 1
        return currentLocation
    }
    func moveLeft() -> Point {
        currentLocation.x -= 1
        return currentLocation
    }
    func moveRight() -> Point {
        currentLocation.x += 1
        return currentLocation
    }

    func returnCorrectVariable(ofCoordinate coordinate: Point, area0_0: UILabel, area0_1: UILabel, area1_0: UILabel, area1_1: UILabel) -> UILabel {

        switch coordinate {

        case possibleLocation0_0: return area0_0
        case possibleLocation0_1: return area0_1
        case possibleLocation1_0: return area1_0
        case possibleLocation1_1: return area1_1

        default:
            return area0_0
            currentLocation = Point()
        }
    }
}

NOTE: The error is present in the switch statement right above, with the error "Expression pattern of type 'Point' cannot match values of type 'Point'" being given at each case. The code is still being worked on.

1 Answer

Chris Stromberg
PLUS
Chris Stromberg
Courses Plus Student 13,389 Points
Chris Stromberg
Chris Stromberg
Courses Plus Student 13,389 Points 
func returnCorrectVariable(ofCoordinate coordinate: Point, area0_0: UILabel, area0_1: UILabel, area1_0: UILabel, area1_1: UILabel) -> UILabel {

        let coordinateValue = (coordinate.x, coordinate.y)

        switch coordinateValue {
        case (possibleLocation0_0.x, possibleLocation0_0.y) : return area0_0
        case (possibleLocation0_1.x, possibleLocation0_1.y) : return area0_0
        case (possibleLocation1_0.x, possibleLocation1_0.y) : return area0_0
        case (possibleLocation1_1.x, possibleLocation1_1.y) : return area0_0

        default:
            currentLocation = Point()
            return area0_0

        }
    }
Faraz Malik
Faraz Malik
20,721 Points

Thanks a bunch! I should have realised comparison operators don’t work on custom types.