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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Gabriel Moreno
Gabriel Moreno
3,579 Points
Posted by Gabriel Moreno
Gabriel Moreno
3,579 Points

Swift 3 - Override

I can't seem to figure out how to pass this code challenge. Please help.

TIA

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

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

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

// Enter your code below
class Doctor: Person {
  override func fullName() -> String { 
    return "Dr. (lastName)" 
  } 
}

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

2 Answers

David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points
David Papandrew
David Papandrew
8,386 Points

Hi Gabriel,

You are super close, but one little typo is preventing your code from passing: You left off the leading backslash in the return statement for the fullName method in the Doctor class (so your string won't interpolate correctly).

class Doctor: Person {
  override func fullName() -> String { 
    return "Dr. \(lastName)" // <== MAKE SURE YOU FIX THIS LINE 
  } 
}