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Daniel Cohen
5,785 PointsExpected pattern error in initializer
Not sure why I'm getting a "Expected pattern" error here for both the name and location lines in the initializer. Any help would be appreciated.
struct Location {
let latitude: Double
let longitude: Double
}
class Business {
let name: String
let location: Location
init(name: String, latitude: Double, longitude: Double) {
let self.name = name
let self.location = Location(latitude: latitude, longitude: longitude)
}
}
let someBusiness = Business(name: "Testing Enterprises", latitude: 1.1, longitude: 5.5)
print(someBusiness)
2 Answers
Marc Jones
3,751 PointsHi,
You dont need to create a new constant within the init method, so removing let should solve your problem.
self.name = name
self.location = Location(latitude: latitude, longitude: longitude)
I'm still learning so I cant give you a great explanation of this, however I believe that you are creating local copies of the constant above when initializing the class.
Hopefully someone will offer us both a better exaplanation, but for the time being hopefully this will help.
Here is the link to the Apple Doc on Initialization.
Cheers, Marc
Daniel Cohen
5,785 PointsOf course! Thanks. I don't know why I've used let there - I guess a habit from the previous lessons. I could have stared at it for another few hours and I wouldn't have found that.