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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Getting Started with iOS Development Swift Recap Part 1

kelley riley
kelley riley
3,159 Points
Posted by kelley riley
kelley riley
3,159 Points

Tag type is a string, but a string isn't working in the instance

Hi all, like the title says I keep getting an error saying that the compiler cannot convert the string that I wrote to the Tag type of string. Not really sure how to approach fixing this.

structs.swift 
struct Tag {
  let name: String
}

struct Post {
  let title: String
  let author: String
  let tag: Tag
}

let firstPost = Post(title: "How To Navigate The App Store", author: "A Man", tag: "String")

2 Answers

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

Hi Kelley,

as defined in the Post struct, tag is of type Tag. In the instance you assigned a string to it. You need to assign a Tag instance for tag.

Good luck

kelley riley
kelley riley
3,159 Points
kelley riley
kelley riley
3,159 Points

Thanks I was missing this from my code.

tag: Tag(name: "MyTag"))