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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points

Overriding Methods Code Challenge Swift 3

This is probably the most confused i've been so far. Can someone supply the answer so I can study it? Is the answer supposed to be some kind of SubClass? Man, i'm just confused as heck.

objects.swift
class Person {
  let firstName: String
  let lastName: String 

  init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.firstName = firstName
    self.lastName = lastName
  }

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

// Enter your code below

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points

Did you accidentally skip the preceding video about overriding methods in swift? That video explains how overriding methods work and shows a practical example of how to do it.

Since you asked explicitly for an example of the solution I'll provide it for you, but I'd recommend you watch the video over once more.

class Person {
  let firstName: String
  let lastName: String 

  init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.firstName = firstName
    self.lastName = lastName
  }

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

// Enter your code below
class Doctor: Person { // Make a new class that inherits from the Person class.
  override func fullName() -> String { // Override the fullName function
    return "Dr. \(lastName)" // Provide new behavior for the function.
  }
}

let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "FirstName", lastName: "LastName") // Instantiate the new class.

I also added some comments to clarify the code a bit.