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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Classes in Swift Instances of Classes

Posted by Aiden Mitchell
Aiden Mitchell
5,572 Points

I think I'm writing the init wrong.

What I'm I doing wrong here? I'm guessing I'm doing the init wrong.

objects.swift 
// Enter your code below

class Shape {
  var numberOfSides: Int

  init {
    self.numberOfSides = Int
  }
}

let Shape = someShape

1 Answer

Peter Correa
Peter Correa
17,155 Points
Peter Correa
Peter Correa
17,155 Points

Hi, remember to include the arguments for the init method within parenthesis, and then within the body of the class assign the stored properties to the arguments via self; surrounded by curly braces. That way initialized objects have all required values ready for use. Please reference the code below.

// Enter your code below
class Shape {

  var numberOfSides: Int = 0

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

let someShape = Shape(numberOfSides: 4)