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akhter ali
15,778 PointsIncrement not working properly
Locally this works without issues however the interpreter is complaining that the value of hours is not incrementing and I'm not sure why.
This is what I have locally to test
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type Hours int
func (h *Hours) Increment() Hours {
return (*h + 1) % 24
}
func main() {
hour := Hours(6)
hourIncramented := hour.Increment()
fmt.Println(hourIncramented)
}
This is from the treehouse editor.
package clock
type Hours int
func (h *Hours) Increment() Hours {
return (*h + 1) % 24
}
3 Answers
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsYou haven't completed the necessary changes yet.
"Locally this works without issues" because you're still expecting a return value from the function and using it. But that's a different test criteria than the challenge requirements, which say to *"Convert Increment to ... modify the receiver directly".
So for the challenge you have a few conversion steps to do yet:
- the instructions said to "modify the value at that pointer" — you still need to modify the original value
- your new return won't need a value
- your function declaration must be changed to reflect that there is no longer an Hours being returned
Chufan Xiao
18,955 PointsYou shouldn't return the changed value, instead, you should assign the changed value to h like
*h=(*h + 1) % 24
Greg Witt
27,133 Pointsfunc (h *Hours) Increment() {
*h = (*h + 1) % 24
}
akhter ali
15,778 Pointsakhter ali
15,778 PointsThis was completed in this order, in case it helps anybody.
your function declaration must be changed to reflect that there is no longer an Hours being returned-- Keep in mind, there is nothing to be returned if pointer values are being updated, you'll need to remove the Hours return value.your new return won't need a value-- Removed return value due to pointer modification of (h)the instructions said to "modify the value at that pointer" — you still need to modify the original value-- Changed declarations to pointer values so it doesn't copy a new (watch 4:40 - end of the video for an example)