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Jason Teo
Courses Plus Student 8,398 PointsHello everybody, I can't seem to solve this problem. Any help please?
struct Expense { var description: String var amount: Double var item: String
init (description: String) {
self.description = description
self.item = item
self.amount = 100
}
func calculateTaxes(percentage: Double) -> Double {
return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
}
}
struct Expense {
var description: String
var amount: Double = 100
var item: String
init (description: String, item: String) {
self.description = description
self.item = item
}
// add the calculateTaxes method here
// it should accept only one parameter named 'percentage' of type Double
func calculateTaxes(percentage: Double) -> Double {
return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
}
}
1 Answer
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsHi, Jason. In your code, you're adding item to the initialize method, but the question asking you to do is create a new instance of Expense and assign to item variable. So you shouldn't change what's already in the struct
struct Expense {
var description: String
var amount: Double = 0.0
init (description: String) {
self.description = description
}
// add the calculateTaxes method here
// it should accept only one parameter named 'percentage' of type Double
func calculateTaxes(percentage: Double) -> Double {
return (self.amount * (percentage/100))
}
}
var item = Expense(description: "whatever description")
item.amount = 100