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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 Getting Started with iOS Development Swift Recap Part 1

instance help please

someone please tell me how this doesnt work.

structs.swift
struct Tag {
    let name: String
}

struct Post {

    var title: String
    var author: String
    var tag: Tag
}

let firstPost = Post(title: "j", author: "august", tag: Tag)

1 Answer

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

You can't just pass in "Tag" when you instantiate firstPost. When you do that, you're passing in the type Tag, not a Tag object. You need to instantiate the Tag object when you pass it into Post:

Tag(name: "Sans the Skeleton")

I hope this helps!