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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Custom Initializers

yair bergel
yair bergel
904 Points

I'm trying to do the "RGB" code challenge but I stuck with initializing the description constant.

struct RGBColor { let red: Double let green: Double let blue: Double let alpha: Double let description: String

// Add your code below

init(red: Double, green: Double, blue: Double, alpha: Double) {
    self.red = red
    self.green = green
    self.blue = blue
    self.alpha = alpha
}
func retrieveColors() -> Void {
    description = "red: \(red), green: \(green), blue: \(blue), alpha: \(alpha)"
}

} let firstColorValues = RGBColor(red: 86.0, green: 191.0, blue: 131.0, alpha: 1.0)

structs.swift
struct RGBColor {
  let red: Double
  let green: Double
  let blue: Double
  let alpha: Double

  let description: String

  // Add your code below
}

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points

The description property should not be assigned in a separate function. It should be placed within the init function just like the other property assignments.

If you move it within init then your code should work.

Nicholas Richardson
Nicholas Richardson
4,867 Points

Full answers is below, seems like the code checker thing is very sensitive to white space on this one.

init(red: Double, green: Double, blue: Double, alpha: Double) {
        self.red = red
        self.green = green
        self.blue = blue
        self.alpha = alpha
        description = "red: \(red), green: \(green), blue: \(blue), alpha: \(alpha)"
    }