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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Getting Started with iOS Development Swift Recap Part 2

Ron Besser
Ron Besser
1,416 Points
Posted by Ron Besser
Ron Besser
1,416 Points

No errors in preview, but code won't pass the challenge. Everything should work I think.

class Robot: Machine {

override func move(direction: String) { switch direction { case "Up" : location.y += 1 case "Down" : location.y -= 1 case "Right" : location.x += 1 case "Left" : location.x -= 1 default : break } } }

This is my code, not sure why its not passing the challenge, but I would love to move on.

robots.swift 
class Point {
  var x: Int
  var y: Int

  init(x: Int, y: Int) {
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
  }
}

class Machine {
  var location: Point

  init() {
    self.location = Point(x: 0, y: 0)
  }

  func move(direction: String) {
    print("Do nothing! I\'m a machine!")
  }
}


// Enter your code below

class Robot: Machine {

override func move(direction: String) {
  switch direction {
  case "Up" : location.y += 1 
  case "Down" : location.y -= 1
  case "Right" : location.x += 1 
  case "Left" : location.x -= 1
  default : break
  }
  }
  }

2 Answers

Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points
Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points

In the code that you have pasted, the external name for the argument for the move method is NOT omitted, it does not exist in the Machine class. The challenge has it, when you start. (look for the underscore before the name "direction")

class Machine {
    var location: Point

    init() {
        self.location = Point(x: 0, y: 0)
    }

    func move(_ direction: String) {
        print("Do nothing! I\'m a machine!")
    }
}

So check for that in the challenge, that it is not missing there. After that your code should work fine, because overriding the move method in the Robot class, will include the external name for argument as well.

class Robot: Machine {

    override func move(_ direction: String) {
        switch direction {
        case "Up": location.y += 1
        case "Down": location.y -= 1
        case "Left": location.x -= 1
        case "Right": location.x += 1
        default: break
        }
    }
}

Hope it helps.

Ron Besser
Ron Besser
1,416 Points
Ron Besser
Ron Besser
1,416 Points

Awesome. Not sure how that got deleted in the original. Out of curiosity, why would we need to omit the name. I think that is confusing me a bit.

Thanks again!

Ron

Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points
Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points

Ron Besser Using the same example as above, If the external name is not omitted, when you call the function move on an instance of a Robot 

let robot = Robot()
robot.move(direction: "Up")

It would read like move ( direction : up )

whereas If it is omitted using an _

let robot = Robot()
robot.move("Up")

This would read like move up. It is not mandatory to always omit the external name. It is what shows up as a label when you call the function. By omitting it, direction becomes the internal name, which you can use within the function, but it won't show up elsewhere.

Hope it's not too confusing, and I have made it clear.