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

Brice Foster
Brice Foster
2,225 Points

The compiler keeps trying to say return a string but I believe I am returning a string and can't figure out the source

I am putting a string together within a init method and its keeps giving me an error saying that I am not return a string. I have ran the code in Xcode and it works fine.

structs.swift
struct Tag {
    let name: String
}

struct Post{
    let title: String
    let author: String
    let tag: Tag

     func description()->String{
        return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag.name)"
    }
}

let tag = Tag(name: "Science Fiction")
let firstPost = Post(title: "Dune", author: "Frank Herbert", tag: tag)
let postDescription = firstPost.description()

3 Answers

Brice, interesting case! What the compiler doesn't like is the lack of spaces in the function return.

You have:

     func description()->String{
        return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag.name)"
    }

This works:

    func description() -> String {
        return "\(title) by \(author). Filed under \(tag.name)"
    }

P.S., your version works in Xcode.

Brice Foster
Brice Foster
2,225 Points

Ho Jcorum, Thank you for taking the time to help. Did you try running the code in the code challenge?

Always.