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Kim Mathiasen
922 PointsSwift Basics Task 2 of 3 changing arrays why do I get an error when removing at index 2?
When trying the following code, I get the error: 'item' should have the value "Deploy App" but has the value "Debug App". It works if I change the index to 1...
var todo = ["Learn Swift", "Build App", "Deploy App"]
todo += ["Debug App", "Fix Bugs"]
todo.removeAtIndex(2) let item = todo.removeAtIndex(2)
var todo = ["Learn Swift", "Build App", "Deploy App"]
todo += ["Debug App", "Fix Bugs"]
todo.removeAtIndex(2)
let item = todo.removeAtIndex(2)
3 Answers
Ajay Prasannan
16,002 PointsHi Kim,
Looks like your code is removing the item at index 2 twice over, and assigning to a variable the second time. And that final assigned value is "Debug App".
All you have to is remove one specific line of code, and it'll work! :)
Hope this helps,
Ajay
Ajay Prasannan
16,002 PointsI haven't actually worked with Swift specifically, but I found this in the language reference:
You're quite right: that one line in your code does both the removal of the item from the array, and assigns it to the item variable. By design, the removeAtIndex method returns the item being removed - useful if (as in this code challenge) you want to capture and use it for something else.
Ajay
Kim Mathiasen
922 PointsGreat - thanks for your help Ajay!
Ajay Prasannan
16,002 PointsNo wuzzers Kim!
Kim Mathiasen
922 PointsKim Mathiasen
922 PointsHi Ajay, Thanks a lot - that worked perfectly! So, here's a newbie question: Even after having removed one line of code, does that mean that the entry "Deploy App" is still deleted from the array or is it just added to the constant 'item'? It seems that two operations is performed in the same line...
Kim