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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Collections Modifying an Array

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Inserting a new item in an array but can't find the problem.

Asked to insert a new item titled "Learn iOS" at the second position of the todo array. While I think I wrote the code correctly, it states my 'todo' variable contains a wrong value. 

var todo = ["Learn Swift", "Build App", "Deploy App"]

todo.append ("Debug App")

todo.append ("Fix Bugs")

todo.removeAtIndex(4)
let item = "Deploy App"

todo.insert ("Learn iOS", atIndex: 2)

Any help?

2 Answers

Tobias Mahnert
Tobias Mahnert
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Tobias Mahnert
Tobias Mahnert
89,414 Points

Hey Bernadino,

the Code below passes the Challenge, also it's a bit optimized in order to be dry. if you want to know why, please let me know. Also mark my answer as best answer if it helped you.

Cheers toby 

var todo = ["Learn Swift", "Build App", "Deploy App"]

todo += ["Debug App","Fix Bugs"] 

let item = todo.removeAtIndex(2)

todo.insert ("Learn iOS", atIndex: 1)
Martin Wildfeuer
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Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points
Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points

Not bad, you managed to trick code check into letting you pass this assignment although it shouldn't have :)

Now that we have to fix bugs in our app we cannot deploy it. Please remove the third item ("Deploy App") and assign it to a constant named item.

var todo = ["Learn Swift", "Build App", "Deploy App"]
todo.append ("Debug App")
todo.append ("Fix Bugs")

todo.removeAtIndex(4)
let item = "Deploy App"

With todo.removeAtIndex(4), you are removing "Fix Bugs" instead of "Deploy App" from the todo array. With an array, indices are zero based, that is:

var todo = [(0) "Learn Swift",  (1) "Build App",  (2) "Deploy App", (3) "Debug App", (4) "Fix Bugs"]

In order to remove the third item, you would have to provide the index (2)

Moreover removeAtIndex(index: Int) returns the element that was removed. Code check did not notice that you were simply assigning this String manually again, whereas it should be:

let item = todo.removeAtIndex(2)

So, given what I said about indices above, this is also true for adding an item at an index. If you want something to be added as the second item, index has to be 1, as the first item has index 0.

todo.insert ("Learn iOS", atIndex: 1)

Hope that helps :)