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Johnny Nguyen
3,875 PointsStruggle with Protocol Challenge
"make sure your external argument label is omitted by using an underscore". I don't understand this sentence.
// Declare protocol here
protocol ColorSwitchable {
func switchColor(color: Color)
}
enum LightState {
case on, off
}
enum Color {
case rgb(Double, Double, Double, Double)
case hsb(Double, Double, Double, Double)
}
class WifiLamp: ColorSwitchable {
let state: LightState
var color: Color
init() {
self.state = .on
self.color = .rgb(0,0,0,0)
}
}
missgeekbunny
37,033 PointsFor Rogier Nitschelm you should really use the reply box at the bottom instead of adding a comment. You have smart stuff to say but because you comment on the initial question instead of using the reply box it never counts as an answer which means people can't do things like upvote it or give it best answer. It also makes the system think that no one has answered the question.
1 Answer
missgeekbunny
37,033 PointsIt's saying that it doesn't want color to be the external label as it would be in
func switchColor(color: Color)
It wants you to specify that when you call it instead of
switchColor(color: Blue)
you can just put
switchColor(Blue)
And you get that to occur by writing the code like this:
func switchColor( _ color: Color)
Then the underscore covers the external label so you don't need to put it to call the function and the color label can still be used inside the function. Hope that makes sense.
Rogier Nitschelm
iOS Development Techdegree Student 5,461 PointsRogier Nitschelm
iOS Development Techdegree Student 5,461 PointsFunctions in swift can have an external argument. In your example:
func switchColor(color: Color) { ... }here
coloris an external argument label. This means that if you are calling the functionswitchColoryou will have to do it like this:switchColor(color: SomeColor)But if you leave off the external argument label, by using the underscore:
func switchColor(_ color: Color) { ... }You will be able to call the function by doing this:
switchColor(SomeColor) // notice that the color:-part is missing