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Jon Schenck
2,028 PointsHelp with dictionary values
Can't get this code to work
struct ChocolateBox {
var caramelDelight: [String]
caramelDelight = [flavor : caramel]
}
2 Answers
adrianfraisse
2,467 PointsHi,
Your issue is that the caramelDelight var you created is of type Array instead of being a dictionary.
A dictionary is made up of key/value pairs. Here is the correct initializer syntax to create a dictionary with String keys and String values :
var caramelDelight : [String:String]
To add a key/value pair to your dictionary, you can then use the subscript syntax :
caramelDelight["flavor"] = "caramel"
Note that the key and value are both Strings.
A quickier way to do this is to initialize the dictionary with literals :
var caramelDelight = ["flavor":"caramel"]
In this case, you don't need to specify the dictionary type, Swift will infer it for you.
Hope that helps.
Jon Schenck
2,028 PointsThanks for the help
adrianfraisse
2,467 PointsYou're welcome ! Please tag the answer as accepted if you're satisfied by it !