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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Bob Clanfield
Bob Clanfield
2,372 Points
Posted by Bob Clanfield
Bob Clanfield
2,372 Points

No idea what I'm doing wrong or right.......

I've restarted this track 5 times over and feel zero momentum. I feel like I've accomplished all requests of the challenge and Xcode compiles it. When I start refactoring, I find myself looking down the rabbit hole.

structs.swift 
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
func fullName() -> String {
let  fullName = "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
return fullName
    }}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Hunter", lastName: "Thomson")
let myFullName = aPerson
myFullName.fullName()

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

You're doing great! You're really close. Looks like you need to move the fullName() method up a line. Might be an issue with the challenge. There's no error in the preview or in Xcode. You can also clean up your indentation a bit:

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    func fullName() -> String {
        let  fullName = "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
        return fullName
    }
}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Hunter", lastName: "Thomson")
let myFullName = aPerson.fullName()

One last thing to note. You don't have to create a constant fullName and then return it. You can return the string in one line:

struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    func fullName() -> String {
        return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}
let aPerson = Person(firstName: "Hunter", lastName: "Thomson")
let myFullName = aPerson.fullName()