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iOS

Posted by Bjorn Morrhaye
Bjorn Morrhaye
2,387 Points

transform from textField to Enum Value

Hi,

i wrote this as an example. I want to get the bmonth value of type Month from a textfield, How do i do this ?

enum Month {
    case January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
}

struct BirthDay {
    let day: Int
    let month: Month
    let year: Int

    func calculateWesternZodiac() {
        // some long code
    }

    func calculateVedicZodiac() {
        // some long code
    }
}

// Hardcoding the values
let myBirthday = BirthDay(day: 02, month: .February, year: 1980)

// values from input textField

let bday = Int(dayTextField.text)
let bmonth = Month(monthTextField.text) // I'm looking for the correct way of doing this ! 
let byear = Int(yearTextField.text)

let yourBirthday = BirthDay(day: bday, month: bmonth, year: byear)

1 Answer

Bjorn Morrhaye
Bjorn Morrhaye
2,387 Points
Bjorn Morrhaye
Bjorn Morrhaye
2,387 Points

Ok solved it myself by using raw values (wasn't there in the course yet :p)

enum Month:String {
    case January = "January", February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
}

struct BirthDay {
    let day: Int
    let month: Month
    let year: Int

    func getZodiac() -> String {
        switch month {
            case .February: return "Aquarius"
            default: return "Other cases not included in example"
        }
    }
}

// Hardcoding the values

let myBirthday = BirthDay(day: 02, month: .February, year: 1980)

// values from input textField

let bday = Int("02")! // simulating input textfield.text
let bmonth = Month(rawValue: "February")! // simulating input textfield.text
let byear = Int("02")! // simulating input textfield.text

let yourBirthday = BirthDay(day: bday, month: bmonth, year: byear)