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

Posted by nick f
nick f
1,165 Points

Found challenge task 2 of 2 hard to understand?

Is this question hard to understand or is the reason I am struggling to understand it because I just learnt all the syntax and I'm not confident in what it is asking?

Also two more things, I can't find the error that is not letting me complete the challenge and can anyone provide a simpler method of adding a space in between firstName and lastName please?

Thanks.

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    func getFullName() -> String{
        let aPerson:String =  firstName + " " + lastName

        return aPerson
    }
}

let fullName = Person(firstName: "Nick", lastName: "F")
fullName.getFullName()

1 Answer

Mit Sengupta
Mit Sengupta
13,823 Points
Mit Sengupta
Mit Sengupta
13,823 Points

Hi Nick,

what this question is actually asking is, to use a function that returns a title and your last name. The getFullName() method should return "Dr. F" not your actual full name. Below is how I solved it:

class Person { let firstName: String let lastName: String

init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.firstName = firstName
    self.lastName = lastName
}

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

}

// Enter your code below class Doctor: Person { var title: String = "Dr." override func getFullName() -> String { return "(title) (lastName)"

}

}

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Mit", lastName: "Se") someDoctor.getFullName()

Hope this helps!