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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Classes in Swift Instances of Classes

Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
4,340 Points
Posted by Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
4,340 Points

I don’t seem to be getting the “class definition” portion of this challenge?

I have a good idea based on the Swift documentation but I’m not sure how to go about properly setting up my class definition & initializer method?

objects.swift 
// Enter your code below
class Shape {
  var numberOfSides: Int

  init(){

  }
}

2 Answers

kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points
kjvswift93
kjvswift93
13,515 Points 
class Shape {
    var numberOfSides: Int

    init(sides: Int) {
        self.numberOfSides = sides
    }
}

let someShape = Shape(sides: 4)
Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
4,340 Points
Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
4,340 Points

Kyle,

Thank you for the response this was very helpful. After going through it a few times I finally got it! Thanks again.

Mascuud Musse
Mascuud Musse
314 Points
Mascuud Musse
Mascuud Musse
314 Points

@ Justin Henderson what you've done is you've created a shape class which is correct but in the init method you've not set it up properly. What your meant to do is something like this

init(numberOfSides: Int){ self.numberOfSides: numberOfSides }

What you've done with your code is you've created an initialiser method that has done nothing with the numberOfSides property on the Shape Object and this will get you into an error, the way you've written it is such a way that your assuming the numberOfSides has a value already assigned to it which it hasn't. I hope you understand if any more help please ask.