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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Classes in Swift Instances of Classes

David Gourley
David Gourley
3,818 Points
Posted by David Gourley
David Gourley
3,818 Points

Having trouble completing this task

Hi guys me again :)

I'm getting this compile error - swift_lint.swift:12:21: error: assigning a property to itself self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any help would be aprreciated

objects.swift 
// Enter your code below
class Shape {
  var numberOfSides: Int

  init() {
 self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides
  }
}
let someShape = Shape.self

1 Answer

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Hi David -

You are not initializing numberOfSides

class Shape {

  var numberOfSides: Int

init(numberOfSides: Int) {

  self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides


  }

}

let someShape = Shape(numberOfSides: 4)
David Gourley
David Gourley
3,818 Points
David Gourley
David Gourley
3,818 Points

Thanks Jeff, I always forget the parenthesis :) Although I'm getting the same compile error re: mac OS 12 that was occurring a few days ago - so it won't compile until the guys figure it out.