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iOS Functions in Swift Adding Power to Functions Returning Complex Values

Brian Bailie
Brian Bailie
858 Points
Posted by Brian Bailie
Brian Bailie
858 Points

need help

I'm failing and can't figure out why

func coordinates(location: String) -> (Double, Double) { switch location { case "Eiffel Tower": return (48.8582, 2.2945) case "Great Pyramid": return(29.9792, 31.1344) case "Sydney Opera House": return(33.8587, 151.2140) default: return(0,0) } }

functions.swift 
// Enter your code below
func coordinates(location: String) -> (Double, Double) {
switch location {
 case "Eiffel Tower": return (48.8582, 2.2945) 
 case "Great Pyramid": return(29.9792, 31.1344)
 case "Sydney Opera House": return(33.8587, 151.2140)
 default: return(0,0)
 }
}

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge instructions specify that the string parameter has to have an external name of for. If you add that like this:

func coordinates(for location: String) -> (Double, Double) {
switch location {
 case "Eiffel Tower": return (48.8582, 2.2945) 
 case "Great Pyramid": return(29.9792, 31.1344)
 case "Sydney Opera House": return(33.8587, 151.2140)
 default: return(0,0)
 }
}

Then your code will pass.