December 2014
Beginner
300 pages
8h 9m
English
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Defining Methods in Structs
When we say methods, we are talking about the functions within structs. Methods are just functions that are going to be associated with the structs. By defining a method within the curly brackets of a struct, you are saying that this function belongs to this struct.
Here’s an example of a struct with Point, Size, and Rect, which will based on CGRect:
struct Point { var x:Int, y:Int}struct Size { var width:Int, height:Int}struct Rect { var origin:Point, size:Size func center() -> Point { var x = origin.x + size.width/2 var y = origin.y + size.height/2 return Point(x: x, y: y) }}
The first thing to note is that you declared all the variables on one line. ...
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