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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Alex Nelsen
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Alex Nelsen
Courses Plus Student 2,977 Points
Posted by Alex Nelsen
Alex Nelsen
Courses Plus Student 2,977 Points

I need help solving this code challenge.

I have tried this numerous ways, and this seems to work in my playground but does not work in the code challenge. Any help would be appreciated!

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    func getFullName() -> String{
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"

    }
}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Alex", lastName: "Nelsen")
aPerson.getFullName()

2 Answers

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey Alex Nelsen,

You need to assign the value you are returning from your call of getFullName to a constant called fullName.

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    func getFullName() -> String{
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"

    }
}

let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Alex", lastName: "Nelsen")
let fullName = aPerson.getFullName()

Good Luck

Charlotte S
Charlotte S
829 Points
Charlotte S
Charlotte S
829 Points

Could someone explain why this needs to be done to complete the code challenge but not in playground?

Alex Nelsen
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Alex Nelsen
Courses Plus Student 2,977 Points
Alex Nelsen
Alex Nelsen
Courses Plus Student 2,977 Points

That worked great. I appreciate all your help today!