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iOS Protocols in Swift Protocol Basics Declaring a Protocol

Posted by maxwell mills
maxwell mills
473 Points

not sure why int and string arent declaring the var as the respective types

any helps apprciated

protocols.swift 
protocol User {
  var name: String { get } - { set };
  var age: Int { get - { set };
}

2 Answers

Matthew Connolly
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Matthew Connolly
iOS Development Techdegree Student 11,595 Points
Matthew Connolly
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Matthew Connolly
iOS Development Techdegree Student 11,595 Points

Hi Maxwell,

Just the age needs to be gettable and settable. You can also remove the semicolons. See below for the proper syntax.

protocol User {
  var name: String { get }
  var age: Int { get set }
}
maxwell mills
maxwell mills
473 Points
maxwell mills
maxwell mills
473 Points

thanks for the quick response!