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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Adding Instance Methods

Arun Kampadathil
Arun Kampadathil
2,429 Points

its says there is compiler error, but not showing what it is

could someone tell me why there is compiler error?

structs.swift
struct Person {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String

    func fullName() -> String
    {

    let fullName: String = "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    return fullName

    }   
}

let aPerson = Person(firstName: "arun", lastName: "mathew")
//aPerson.firstName = "arun"
//aPerson.lastName = "mathew"
let myFullName = aPerson.fullName

2 Answers

Charles Ganzen
Charles Ganzen
1,568 Points

Hi Arun,

So the issue is that you've been asked to return a String containing the firstName and lastName variables of the struct. You have assigned it to a variable called fullName instead.

Instead you want to make sure your method does the following:

func fullName() -> String {
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
    }
}

I hope that helps!

Arun Kampadathil
Arun Kampadathil
2,429 Points

Hi Charles thanks for the support, still i am getting the same compilation error. In xcode the code is working with the help of init().

Charles Ganzen
Charles Ganzen
1,568 Points

Hi Arun,

What code are you proceeding with now? I'll see if I can replicate it on my end for you.