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Roger Rohweder
8,474 PointsOptionals, nested dictionary binding: code succeeds in Playground, but fails the quiz
My code (below "enter new code") works in a playground, but the quiz says "Bummer! Make sure you are retrieving the string at index 0 in the nested array” My code DOES return “Daniel Craig”. What doesn’t it like?
let movieDictionary = ["Spectre": ["cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Christoph Waltz", "Léa Seydoux", "Ralph Fiennes", "Monica Bellucci", "Naomie Harris"]]]
var leadActor: String = ""
// Enter code below
if let movie = movieDictionary["Spectre"],
let actor = movie["cast"] {
var leadActor = actor[0]
}
2 Answers
Steven Deutsch
21,046 PointsHey Roger Rohweder,
The problem is, you are creating a variable leadActor instead of updating the value of leadActor that is currently an empty string. Remove var and this will fix your problem.
let movieDictionary = ["Spectre": ["cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Christoph Waltz", "Léa Seydoux", "Ralph Fiennes", "Monica Bellucci", "Naomie Harris"]]]
// You need to update leadActor here
var leadActor: String = ""
// Enter code below
if let movie = movieDictionary["Spectre"],
let actor = movie["cast"] {
// Remove "var" here
var leadActor = actor[0]
}
Good Luck!
Roger Rohweder
8,474 PointsMy duh. Thanks, Steven.