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Joanna Russell
1,776 PointsNeed help figuring out what's wrong with my code
I’m having difficulty figuring out why my code isn’t being accepted as working. It runs fine in Playground and after checking the values produced in the array, it seems to be correct. Am I missing something? We are supposed to figure out which values from 1 to 100 are divisible by 7 but also odd.
Here is what I have:
var results: [Int] = []
for n in 1...100 {
// Enter your code below
if n%7 == 0 && n%2 == 1 {
results += [n] }
// End code
}
3 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Joanna,
It is objecting to += being used to add an Int to an [Int] array. Using append() on results avoids this:
var results: [Int] = []
for n in 1...100 {
// Enter your code below
if n % 7 == 0 && n % 2 == 1 {
results.append(n)
}
// End code
}
Steve.
Joanna Russell
1,776 PointsHi Steve! Thanks for the response. In playground, += is a valid way to add items to an array, but it does require the brackets. He also mentioned this way in the course along with the append statement. I switched to using the append statement in my code and it was accepted as correct! I'm curious why the += wasn't accepted as correct, since it's a valid way to do it, but oh well! Thanks for the help Steve! :) Joanna
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsI agree - I've used it that way before many times ... I'm doing some digging to see what the issue may be.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsOK - I think the 'issue' is that the += operator is a way of adding an array to an array, not an individual element. So, you required the square brackets because you added a single-element array to the results array. Strong typing means you can't have different things on either side of the binary operator +=, which I get. So you've converted your Int to an [Int] and the results (no pun intended) look identical. I'm wondering if there's some semantic difference between [[7], [21], [35], [49]] (etc. - I got bored there), and [7, 21, 35, 49] ... the compiler in this challenge thinks so, but I can't track down the difference in Xcode.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsYes, it seems this changed so that .append() is used for single items, and += works for arrays. What the distinction is, as in the above comment, between [[7]] and [7], I don't know.
A few threads on this point:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24002733/add-an-element-to-an-array-in-swift
Joanna Russell
1,776 PointsGood insight! I see what you're saying, an array of one-item arrays, and needing the same type on either side of the +=. Totally understanding that now. I was just doing it because it seemed more simple to do it that way, but I guess in the grand scheme of things, an array of one-item arrays may seem a bit more complicated than an array of integers. hehe. Thanks for the links, too!
