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iOS Enumerations and Optionals in Swift Introduction to Enumerations Enum Methods

Svein Bruce
Svein Bruce
7,162 Points

Why won't my code compile? The error messages makes no sense.

I think i have done what the task asks for, even though some of it didn't make much sense. Why should i name the method the same as the constant?

buttons.swift
// Example of UIBarButtonItem instance
// let someButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "A Title", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)

enum BarButton {
    case done(title: String)
    case edit(title: String)

    func Button() ->UIBarButtonItem{
    switch self{
    case .done: 
      return UIBarButtonItem(title: self.title, style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.done, target: nil, target: nil)
    case .edit:
      return UIBarButtonItem(title: self.title, style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain, target: nil, target: nil)
    }
    }
}
let done = BarButton.done(title: "Save")
let button = Button(done)

1 Answer

Jialong Zhang
Jialong Zhang
9,821 Points

If you write codes in the playground, make sure to import UIKit

enum BarButton {
    case done(title: String)
    case edit(title: String)
    func button() -> UIBarButtonItem{
        switch self{
        case .done(let title): return UIBarButtonItem(title: "A Bird", style: .done, target: nil, action: nil)
        case .edit(let title): return UIBarButtonItem(title: "A Bird", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
        }
    }
}

let done = BarButton.done(title: "Save")
let button = BarButton.done(title: "done").button()