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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 Getting Started with iOS Development Swift Recap Part 1

Posted by Todd Stacy
Todd Stacy
5,816 Points

instance help please

someone please tell me how this doesnt work.

structs.swift 
struct Tag {
    let name: String
}

struct Post {

    var title: String
    var author: String
    var tag: Tag
}

let firstPost = Post(title: "j", author: "august", tag: Tag)

1 Answer

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points
Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

You can't just pass in "Tag" when you instantiate firstPost. When you do that, you're passing in the type Tag, not a Tag object. You need to instantiate the Tag object when you pass it into Post:

Tag(name: "Sans the Skeleton")

I hope this helps!