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iOS Generics in Swift Generic Types Creating a Generic Type

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
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Posted by Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Need assistance with Swift generics

Since we don't want to interact with the array directly we need to add some code to let users know if the underlying data store contains elements. For this task add a computed property: isEmpty of type Bool that lets us know whether the queue is empty.

generics.swift 
struct Queue<Element> {

    var array: [Element]

 }

5 Answers

Helmut Granda
Helmut Granda
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Helmut Granda
Helmut Granda
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public var isEmpty: Bool {
    return array.isEmpty
  }

It looks like you may encounter some bumps along the way, I recommend reading this article which seems that is what this challenge is based on:

https://www.raywenderlich.com/148141/swift-algorithm-club-swift-queue-data-structure

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

I appreciate the assistance, but I have had this before and it does not complete the challenge

struct Queue<Element> {

    var array: [Element]

struct Queue<Element> {

    var array: [Element]

    public var isEmpty: Bool {
        return array.isEmpty
    }

}
bobpeterson
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bobpeterson
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bobpeterson
bobpeterson
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Hi Jeff,

You need to initialize your variable stored property to an empty array before your computed property, isEmpty, will work:

var array: [Element] = []

Now you should be able to solve the second challenge.

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Yes Sir - Here is how I completed it

  mutating func dequeue() -> Element? {
        if self.array.isEmpty == false {
            return self.array.remove(at: 0)
        } else {
            return nil
        }

    }
Alphonso Sensley II
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Alphonso Sensley II
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Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
Courses Plus Student 8,514 Points

Hi Jeff did you ever pass task 5/5 on this challenge? Im a little stuck as well.

harshil bhatt
harshil bhatt
Courses Plus Student 2,722 Points
harshil bhatt
harshil bhatt
Courses Plus Student 2,722 Points

struct Queue<Element> {

var array: [Element] = []

public var isEmpty: Bool { return array.isEmpty } var count : Int { return array.count
}

mutating func enqueue(_ Value : Element) {

    array.append(Value)
}
mutating func dequeue() -> Element? {
        if self.array.isEmpty == false  {
    return array.remove(at : 0)
    }
    else  {

        return nil 
    }

}}

// HOPE ITS useful i have done this successfully

harshil bhatt
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harshil bhatt
Courses Plus Student 2,722 Points
harshil bhatt
harshil bhatt
Courses Plus Student 2,722 Points

struct Queue<Element> {

var array: [Element] = []

public var isEmpty: Bool { return array.isEmpty } var count : Int { return array.count
}

mutating func enqueue(_ Value : Element) {

    array.append(Value)
}
mutating func dequeue() -> Element? {
        if self.array.isEmpty == false  {
    return array.remove(at : 0)
    }
    else  {

        return nil 
    }

}}