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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Operators Unary Operators

Apoorva S
Apoorva S
998 Points
Posted by Apoorva S
Apoorva S
998 Points

Why do i see an error: "No += candidates produce the expected result type 'Int' " for the following?

lets say levelScore = 1, totalScore = levelScore+=1

Isn't levelScore +=1 Equivalent to levelScrore = levelScore + 1?

hence levelScrore will be equal to 2, and then the same for totalScore

2 Answers

rh12
rh12
4,407 Points

I ran into a similar issue in the past, this stack overflow post helped. (http://stackoverflow.com/a/36338986)

Essentially levelScore += 1 does not return a value. Therefore the assignment to totalScore cannot take place. You have to separate the incrementing of levelScore and the assignment to totalScore.

Apoorva S
Apoorva S
998 Points
Apoorva S
Apoorva S
998 Points

Thanks for the explanation.

So the point levelScore +=1 Equivalent to levelScrore = levelScore + 1?

isn't true?

rh12
rh12
4,407 Points
rh12
rh12
4,407 Points

They are equivalent in the sense that they both increment levelScore by 1.