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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Structs and their Methods Struct Methods

Posted by Miles Grofsorean
Miles Grofsorean
1,345 Points

Struct Method Task 3 of 4

Is anyone else having trouble moving past Struct Method task 3 of 4? The preview isn't showing anything as wrong.

struct.swift 
struct Expense {
    var description: String
    var amount: Double = 0.0

    init (description: String) {
        self.description = description
    }

func calculateTaxes (percentage: Double) -> Double {
    return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
    var item = Expense (description: "Whatever works")
    let amount = 100
  }

}
Chengyu Deng
Chengyu Deng
7,879 Points
Chengyu Deng
Chengyu Deng
7,879 Points

The "amount" is a property of the struct Expense. To get access to this property you should use item.amount instead of just amount. If you just type in "let amount = 100", it just means that you create a constant named amount and its value is 100. Hope this helps!

1 Answer

Rick Matsumoto
Rick Matsumoto
2,547 Points
Rick Matsumoto
Rick Matsumoto
2,547 Points

This entire module has been tough for me! I agree with the previous post, but here's the code where I actually got it to work.

struct Expense {
    var description: String
    var amount: Double = 0.0

    init (description: String) {
        self.description = description
    }

    func calculateTaxes(percentage: Double) -> Double {
        return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
    }
}

var item = Expense (description: "any expense")
item.amount = 100