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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Help me in debugging my code

//I want to write "Dr. Smith"

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 { let theinitial: String override init(firstName: String, lastName: String) { self.theinitial = "Dr." super.init(firsName: firstName, lastName: lastName) }

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

}

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")

3 Answers

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,160 Points

My comments for corrections inline with the code. You were VERY close. Keep up the great work!

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)"
    }
}

class Doctor: Person {  // The parent class is case sensitive.
    let theinitial: String

    override init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
        self.theinitial = "Dr."
        super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)  // Missing t in firstName label.
    }

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

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")

print(someDoctor.getFullName())  // This uses the method to get your Dr. Smith to print.

Thank you so much Nathan. Appreciated.

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,160 Points

No problem. Feel free to bring anything else to the forums. We love to help. :)

Try to surround your code with swift before the first line and after the last line with an empty line above and below so that it formats correctly like it did when i pasted it. Helps us to read it. ;)

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