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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Complex Data Structures Custom Initializers

initializing method in a structure

I was trying to create a init () method for a structure and I received a warning: "don't use the memberwise initializer that swift creates"

what is this warning means?

structs.swift
struct RGBColor {
    let red: Double
    let green: Double
    let blue: Double
    let alpha: Double

    let description: String
  init (r : Double, g : Double, b : Double, a : Double)
  {
  self.red = r
  self.green = g
  self.blue = b
  self.alpha = a
  //self.description = "red:\(self.red), green\(self.green),blue\(self.blue), alpha\(self.alpha)"


  }
    // Add your code below
}

1 Answer

Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

You were almost there! Take out the self in front of the colors. Here's my code:

init(red: Double, green: Double, blue: Double, alpha: Double){
  self.red = red
  self.green = green
  self.blue = blue
  self.alpha = alpha

  self.description = "red: \(red), green: \(green), blue: \(blue), alpha: \(alpha)"
}