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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Getting Started with iOS Development Swift Recap Part 2

Posted by Fredrik Carlsson
Fredrik Carlsson
4,248 Points

The code does not work :(

Can someone see what's wrong?

robots.swift 
class Point {
    var x: Int
    var y: Int

    init(x: Int, y: Int) {
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
    }
}

class Machine: Point {


   override init(x:Int, y: Int) {
        super.init(x: x, y: y)

    }

    func move(_ direction: String) {
        print("Do nothing! I'm a machine!")
        }
 }


class Robot: Machine {

   override func move(_ direction: String) {
        if direction == "up"{
            self.y+=1
        }
        if direction == "down"{
            self.y-=1}
        if direction == "left"{
            self.x-=1
        }
        if direction == "right"{
            return self.x+=1
       }
 }

1 Answer

miikis
miikis
44,957 Points
miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hey Fredrik,

When you subclass something, you have to call the parent class' initializer. Also, consider using a switch statement in move:direction. If you don't feel like it, at the very least, you'll want to make sure that you're not returning anything from the function.