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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Posted by Juras Rabačauskas
Juras Rabačauskas
7,425 Points

Instance Methods Challenge

Hello, can anyone help me out with this challenge, thank you

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

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

let aPerson = Person(firstName: Juras, lastName: Rabacauskas)
let fullName = aPerson.getFullName()

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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You're doing great! The problem is in this line:

let aPerson = Person(firstName: Juras, lastName: Rabacauskas)

You simply forgot to put the names Juras in Rabacauskas in quotes. So it thinks those are variable names. And since it can't find any variables named that, it doesn't know what to do so you get a compiler error. Try this line:

let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Juras", lastName: "Rabacauskas")

You should be able to move to the next step after this small change. Good luck! :smile:

Jennifer Nordell
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Here was the code I used to pass step 2. Take a look:

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

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

let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Juras", lastName: "Rabacauskas")
let fullName = aPerson.getFullName()
Juras Rabačauskas
Juras Rabačauskas
7,425 Points
Juras Rabačauskas
Juras Rabačauskas
7,425 Points

Thanks!! Now thats a confidence boost! :D

Juras Rabačauskas
Juras Rabačauskas
7,425 Points

It didn't workout - I got an error "The value being assigned to fullName must be the result of calling the instance method getFullName()". Any more tips? Thank you very much.

Juras Rabačauskas
Juras Rabačauskas
7,425 Points

Thank you, I dont know why for me it's not working - I tried it and got "The value being assigned to fullName must be the result of calling the instance method getFullName()" error.