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iOS Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 Classes Instances of Classes

Paul Wochnick
Paul Wochnick
17,042 Points
Posted by Paul Wochnick
Paul Wochnick
17,042 Points

Object-Oriented Swift 2.0 - 1st Code Challenge in Classes

I am getting stuck on this code challenge. The error is that I am not assigning someShape to an instance of the class. I've watch the previous video a couple of times but still am stuck. Any ideas?

classes.swift 
// Enter your code below

class Shape {

    var numberOfSides: Int

    init(numberOfSides: Int) {

        self.numberOfSides = numberOfSides

    }

}

let someShape = Shape.self

1 Answer

Richard Reed
Richard Reed
15,990 Points

Paul,

Take another look at how to create an instance of a class.

In your Shape class init method, you're expected to pass in an Int for the number of sides to initialize that property. For example, if I wanted to create a Shape object with 4 sides and assign it to the constant someShape it would look like this:

let someShape = Shape(numberOfSides: 4)
Paul Wochnick
Paul Wochnick
17,042 Points
Paul Wochnick
Paul Wochnick
17,042 Points

Thank you for your response. That pointed me in the right direction.