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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Custom Initializers

Mitchell Richmond
Mitchell Richmond
5,401 Points

Initializer Method

Hi all, here is the problem I am working on:


In the editor, I’ve declared a struct named RGBColor that models a color object in the RGB space.

Your task is to write a custom initializer method for the object. Using the initializer assign values to the first four properties. Using the values assigned to those properties create a value for the description property that is a string representation of the color object.

For example, given the values 86.0 for red, 191.0 for green, 131.0 for blue and 1.0 for alpha, each of the stored properties should hold these values and the description property should look like this:

"red: 86.0, green: 191.0, blue: 131.0, alpha: 1.0"


I feel my initializer method gives the output the problem is asking for, but it is saying my answer is wrong. Any ideas?

structs.swift
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, description: String) {

        self.red = red
        self.green = green
        self.blue = blue
        self.alpha = alpha

        self.description = ("\("red:") \(red), \("green:") \(green), \("blue:") \(blue) \("alpha:") \(alpha)")

    }

}

2 Answers

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Couple things - You do not need description in your init argument. Also take a look at description inside the initialization, you have many extra parentheses that are not needed.

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
    self.description = ("red: \(red), green: \(green), blue: \(blue), alpha: \(alpha)")

  }
}
Mitchell Richmond
Mitchell Richmond
5,401 Points

Thank you Jeff! I thought it had to be in the argument in order to be initialized, so I guess that's where I went wrong.

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

You had the meat of it correct! Happy Coding!