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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Richard Pitts
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Richard Pitts
Courses Plus Student 1,243 Points
Posted by Richard Pitts
Richard Pitts
Courses Plus Student 1,243 Points

Hey, Im not sure what to do here.

not sure what to do here.

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

    func fullName() -> String { 
    return firstName + " " + lastName
    }
}

let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Richard", lastName: "Pitts") 

let myFullName = fullName(aPerson)

1 Answer

Joe Beltramo
Joe Beltramo
Courses Plus Student 22,191 Points

You are going to want to call the method fullName against the newly created person (aPerson).

Calling instance methods is simply variable.methodName();

So try and replace my example with the variable 'aPerson' and the methodName with 'fullName'

Remember, you did not expect a parameter in the creation of the method, therefore you don't need to pass one. (Leave the parenthesis empty).

Hope that helps!