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Josh Smith
1,049 PointsReturn Going Wrong?
I think I'm not outlining the return statement correctly and or putting the method together right. I could use some guidance!
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) {
(self.amount * (percentage/100))
return calculateTaxes.Double
}
}
2 Answers
justindennison
15,922 PointsHey Josh, I looked a little further. In my weary eyed look earlier, I forget a couple of things...
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 { //Line 1
return self.amount * (percentage/100) //Line 2
}
}
Line 1: Notice that you use the arrow notation to denote the return type. This is the type of data that your function is "spitting out". Oops
Line 2: Also, Swift is a little touchy when you cuddle operands and operators. There has been a change from
return self.amount*(percentage/100)
to
return self.amount * (percentage/100) //Notice the spaces surrounding the *.
Hope this gets things working for you.
justindennison
15,922 PointsHey Josh, You are on the right track, but we just need to tweak your method a little so we can return the calculated value... Let's take a look:
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) {
return self.amount*(percentage/100) //notice that you are dividing percentage by 100 to get a decimal then
//multiplying by the self.amount value of Expense. You put this after the
//return statement because this is the amount that you want to "spit out"
//(return)
}
}
Hopefully this is will get your method working.
Josh Smith
1,049 PointsHi Justin,
Thanks so much for getting back to me! I tried running that code but it couldn't be compiled so I'm not sure whats wrong it it?
justindennison
15,922 PointsHey Josh, What exactly is the error that you are getting? You may want to remove my comments if you have those in there.
Josh Smith
1,049 PointsHi Justin, this is the error message in Editor:
swift_lint.swift:12:23: error: cannot invoke '/' with an argument list of type '(Double, ($T6))'
return self.amount * (percentage/100)
~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Josh Smith
1,049 PointsJosh Smith
1,049 PointsWOOO that worked, been stuck for hours haha! Thank you Justin :D part 3 of 4 looms... god help me lol