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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Posted by joelbumpus
joelbumpus
3,354 Points

Stuck on override segment of code.

I am stuck on where I may be going wrong here. I get a "Method does not override any method from its superclass." I appreciate any thoughts or suggestions on how to improve my current code as well. Thank you.

objects.swift 
class Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
        self.firstName = firstName
        self.lastName = lastName
    }

    func getFullName() -> String {
        return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}

class Doctor: Person {

    override func fullName() -> String {
        return "Dr. \(lastName)"
    }
}

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")
someDoctor.fullName()

2 Answers

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi Joel,

it seems you have changed the name of the method provided at the beginning of the task from fullName to getFullName. Change it back to the default, and your code will pass. Note that when overriding methods, they need to have the same name, and at the moment the names in your code would not match.

joelbumpus
joelbumpus
3,354 Points
joelbumpus
joelbumpus
3,354 Points

Hi Christian,

That worked! Thank you for being another set of eyes. Take care!