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iOS Enumerations and Optionals in Swift Objects and Optionals Enums with Raw Values

Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points
Posted by Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points

why this is wrong? I tried that in the xcode and it's working

why this is wrong? I tried that in the xcode and it's working

enums.swift 
enum Compass: Int {
 case north
  case south  
  case east  
  case west 
}

let direction = Compass.south

2 Answers

john lau
john lau
3,471 Points
john lau
john lau
3,471 Points

Hi,

Yes it's working but it's not what you're being asked! You're asked to assign a raw value to each case. And then assign THE VALUE of south to the constant.

john lau
john lau
3,471 Points
john lau
john lau
3,471 Points

and you're asked to use the raw value init