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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Classes in Swift Instances of Classes

Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points
Posted by Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points

So what should I write into the init method?

And what is the init method for?

objects.swift 
// Enter your code below
class Shape {
  var numberOfSides: Int
  init 
}

1 Answer

miikis
miikis
44,957 Points
miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hey Bruce,

The whole point of creating a Shape class was to store some data, right? Specifically, the number of sides to a given shape? Well, without an initializer method, there would be no way to set that data on an instance of Shape... which defeats the purpose of creating a Class in the first place. Does that make sense?