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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Enums Enum Members and Raw Values

Rahul Wadhavkar
Rahul Wadhavkar
1,080 Points
Posted by Rahul Wadhavkar
Rahul Wadhavkar
1,080 Points

not getting the turtleSpeed challenge. Is this a system error or a bug?

num Speed : Int{ case Slow = 10 case Medium = 50 case Fast = 100 }

var turtleSpeed = Speed.Slow.rawvalue

// this is giving me an error.

enum.swift 
enum Speed : Int{
    case Slow = 10
    case Medium = 50
    case Fast = 100
}

var turtleSpeed = Speed.Slow.rawvalue
Mindy Sandilands
Mindy Sandilands
15,743 Points

Instead of assigning turtleSpeed as a variable make it a constant. The rawValue is a constant assigned to enumeration members.

I would rewrite the code as follows using let keyword.

let turtleSpeed = Speed.Slow.rawValue

Hope this helps!

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

I bet your problem stems from the fact that you're not properly capitalizing the rawValue property of your enum case. Swift is case-sensitive, so you need everything to be properly capitalized. Try it like this:

enum Speed : Int{
    case Slow = 10
    case Medium = 50
    case Fast = 100
}
//Notice the capital "V" in "rawValue"
var turtleSpeed = Speed.Slow.rawValue