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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Posted by Carl Smith
Carl Smith
8,185 Points

I'm overriding the function, not understanding why it isn't working?

Maybe I'm doing this wrong? Having a hard time understanding these instructions.....

classes.swift 
class Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
        self.firstName = firstName
        self.lastName = lastName
    }

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

// Enter your code below
class Doctor: Person {
    let someDoctor: String = "Dr."

    override init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
        super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)
    }
    override func getFullName() -> String {
        return "\(someDoctor) \(lastName)"
    }
    }
    }

2 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,813 Points

You worked too hard. They just wanted you to override the function, and then call it on a Doctor object:

class Doctor: Person {

    override func getFullName() -> String {
        return "Dr. \(lastName)"
    }
}

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")
Carl Smith
Carl Smith
8,185 Points

Caught me again! Thanks Jcorum! I think I had the right Idea, I just was implementing it in the wrong way.

jcorum
jcorum
71,813 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,813 Points

You are welcome. Note that since there are no new stored properties in Doctor there's no need for an initializer.