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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Structs and their Methods Initializers

Paul Denlinger
Paul Denlinger
2,380 Points
Posted by Paul Denlinger
Paul Denlinger
2,380 Points

Initializers may only be described within a type error

Am getting this error message for my initializer, and can't understand what is says. Why am I getting this error message?

struct.swift 
struct Expense {
    var description: String
    var amount: Double = 0.0       
}

init(description: String) {
  self.description = description
}

1 Answer

Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

You have you init() method outside your struct, enclose it with the {} from the struct like this :

struct Expense {
    var description: String
    var amount: Double = 0.0  

     init(description: String) {
        self.description = description
     }
}