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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Views and View Controllers IBActions and IBOutlets

Posted by Trey Thompson
Trey Thompson
1,547 Points

How would I access the text attribute for the label and set the String? quoteLabel.text = "A stitch in time saves nine"?

This is not compiling

Trey Thompson
Trey Thompson
1,547 Points

Sure. The objective was to set the text of the UILabel by using the text attribute on the class. When I click check work this is not compiling. I included the code below.

class viewController: UIViewController {

@IBOutlet weak var quoteLabel: UILabel!

@IBAction func quoteButtonPressed() {
    //Your code here!
    quoteLabel.text = "A stitch in time saves nine"
}

}

3 Answers

Bradley Maskell
Bradley Maskell
8,858 Points
Bradley Maskell
Bradley Maskell
8,858 Points

Trey Thompson Everything you have in your code is correct, you're just missing the period at the end of the string. 

class viewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var quoteLabel: UILabel!

    @IBAction func quoteButtonPressed() {
        //Your code here!
        quoteLabel.text = "A stitch in time saves nine."
    }

}
Trey Thompson
Trey Thompson
1,547 Points
Trey Thompson
Trey Thompson
1,547 Points

lol thanks. That was driving me crazy.