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alexander88
10,824 PointsValue of type 'UILabel' has no member 'txt'
I have the following error:
Value of type 'UILabel' has no member 'txt'
This is the code I have currently:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
@IBOutlet weak var funFactLabel: UILabel!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
funFactLabel.txt = "Fun Fact!" } }
2 Answers
alexander88
10,824 PointsIt's funny but within 5 minutes of posting this separately from a related thread in hopes of getting an answer I do the exact same thing, recreate the connection from the UILabel (which I had tried already), but this time it works. I noticed however that this time it changed the following:
funFactLabel.txt = facts[0]
to:
funFactLabel?.txt = facts[0]
It should be noted that I moved ahead to the point where you create an array of facts by the time I figured this out, thus the different code.
If anyone is able to explain why that makes a difference that would be wonderful. I tried removing one "?" and the build succeeded so I'm not entirely certain what happened here.
Bronte A
2,972 PointsHi :) the question mark is needed because the label is what's called an optional - it either could have a value, or it couldn't.