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iOS Enumerations and Optionals in Swift Introduction to Optionals Downsides to Using If Let

error: nil is incompatible with return type 'Friend' ???

Why is my Xcode saying this: "error: nil is incompatible with return type 'Friend' "

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let middleName: String?
    let lastName: String

    func fullName() -> String {
        if middleName == nil {
            return firstName + " " + lastName
        } else {
            return firstName + " " + middleName! + " " + lastName
        }
    }
}


let me = Person(firstName: "Linus", middleName: nil, lastName: "Karlsson")
me.fullName()

let airportCodes = ["CDG": "Charles De Gaulle"]
let newYorkAirport = airportCodes["JFK"]

// Optional Binding Using If Let

if let newYorkAirport = airportCodes["JFK"] {
    print(newYorkAirport)
} else {
    print("Whoops! That key does not exist!")
}

let weatherDictionary: [String : [String : String]] = [
    "currently" : ["temperature": "22.3"],
    "daily" : ["temperature": "22.3"],
    "weekly" : ["temperature": "22.3"]
]

if let dailyWeather = weatherDictionary["daily"] {
    if let highTemp = dailyWeather["temperature"] {
        print(highTemp)
    }
}

if let dailyWeather = weatherDictionary["daily"], let highTemperature = dailyWeather["temperature"] {
    print(highTemperature)
}

// Downsides to using If Let
struct Friend {
    let name: String
    let age: String
    let address: String?
}

func new(friendDictionary: [String : String]) -> Friend {
    if let name = friendDictionary["name"], let age = friendDictionary["age"] {
        let address = friendDictionary["address"]
        return Friend(name: name, age: age, address: address)
    } else {
        return nil
    }
}

1 Answer

Found the answer myself!

I forgot the question mark after "Friend" in

func new(friendDictionary: [String : String]) -> Friend {

This is how it should be

func new(friendDictionary: [String : String]) -> Friend? {