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becky hayes
2,226 PointsNot sure whats wrong with my syntax here
Was asked to 'call the method calculateTaxes on the variable 'item' and then assign the result to a new variable named taxes
struct Expense {
var description: String
var amount: Double = 0.0
init (description: String) {
self.description = description
}
func calculateTaxes (percentage: Double) -> Double {
return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
}
}
var item = Expense (description: "Rent")
item.amount = 100
item.calculateTaxes = (var taxes)
1 Answer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Pointsitem is an instance of your Expense struct. With structs/classes you can set/get variables via dot notation, just as you do here:
item.amount = 100
The same is true for functions, so calling calculateTaxes on an instance of a struct/class you would do the following:
var taxes = item.calculateTaxes(7.5)
As your function returns a Double you can assign it to a variable (well, and constants ;)
Hope that helps :)