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Joakim Weidenius
Joakim Weidenius
3,874 Points
Posted by Joakim Weidenius
Joakim Weidenius
3,874 Points

Math commands swift

I'm just playing around, just learned basic functions. I constructed a simple calculator for BMI (body mass index) You should take your height times your height and divide that with your weight to get a BMI value. I'm having problem at row #2. I'm very unsure how i should write..

My code:

1 func dinBmi (weight: Double, length: Double) -> Double {

2 let bmi = (length * length) / weight

3 print(bmi)

4 return bmi

5

6 }

1 Answer

David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points
David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points

Hi Joakim,

You are close to having the right answer. Main issue with your code is that the function is just going to take the function parameter values, perform a calculation and return a value.

When you call the function, you can then assign the function return value to a variable.

So your "let bmi = length * length...etc" should actually occur outside the function (when you call the function). All the function will do is return a value that it calculates from the supplied weight and height.

Here is the code:

//The function
func calculateBMI(weight: Double, length: Double) -> Double {
    return (length * length) / weight
}

//When you want to set a variable to the function output
let myBMI = calculateBMI(weight: 170, length: 60)