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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Complex Data Structures Methods

Posted by Yenting Chen
Yenting Chen
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Why the function under the Struct is able to return the Struct to the function?

In the video, the Function named points is under the Struct named Point.
Why the function can return the Struct? Can the Function separate from the Struct?

1 Answer

tobikuyo
tobikuyo
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tobikuyo
tobikuyo
4,904 Points

My understanding is that it can return properties of the Point struct, because it is within its local scope, meaning that those properties are accessible to it. The function wouldn't be able to separate from the struct, because in this case the function is a method of the Struct, meaning that once again it only exists within its local scope.