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3,471 PointsDon't understand why I can't pass it
Don't understand why I can't pass it
class Point {
var x: Int
var y: Int
init(x: Int, y: Int) {
self.x = x
self.y = y
}
}
enum Direction {
case left
case right
case up
case down
}
class Robot {
var location: Point
init() {
self.location = Point(x: 0, y: 0)
}
func move(_ direction: Direction) -> Point {
// Enter your code below
switch direction {
case .up: return location.y += 1
case .down: return location.y -= 1
case .left: return location.x -= 1
case .right: return location.x += 1
}
}
}
3 Answers
Michael Hulet
47,913 PointsYour code currently has some errors with the type system. You've specified that the move(_:)
function should return
a Point
object, but it currently return
s Void
in all cases. In Swift, none of the assignment operators return
a value like they do in Objective-C. Instead, they just return Void
in all cases.
That being said, in the starter code for the challenge move(_:)
is actually supposed to return Void
. That's why it doesn't specify a return
type. In Swift, when you omit a function's return
type, it is assumed to return Void
. If you remove your function's return
type and all of the return
statements within the function, I believe it should pass the challenge. Great job!
john lau
3,471 Pointsthks but just one detail it's asking me to return a value!
Michael Hulet
47,913 PointsIs this in an error message? The challenge's instructions don't say that it needs to return a value. In fact, adding a return value to the move(_:)
function will make it an entirely different function in the eyes of Swift than the one that the challenge is expecting to test
john lau
3,471 Pointsok got it, got confused with the return of the function and the enum . thks