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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Inheritance Overriding Methods

Olakunle Awotedu
Olakunle Awotedu
1,624 Points
Posted by Olakunle Awotedu
Olakunle Awotedu
1,624 Points

Help please!!

No sure why its not passing

Button.swift 
class Button {
  var width: Double
  var height: Double

  init(width:Double, height:Double){
    self.width = width
    self.height = height
  }

  func incrementBy(points: Double){
    width += points
    height += points
  }
}

class RoundButton: Button {
  var cornerRadius: Double = 5.0

 override func incrementBy(_points:Double = 7.0) {
    super.incrementBy(points)
  }
}

1 Answer

Tommy Choe
Tommy Choe
38,156 Points
Tommy Choe
Tommy Choe
38,156 Points

Hey Olakunle, looks like you just need to put a space between "_" and "points". The compiler is throwing you errors because the parameter names "_points" from the overriding method does not match the method signature of "points" from the super method.

Hope that helps!