Programming in Swift: Functions & Types

Jan 4 2022 Swift 5.5, iOS 15, Xcode 13

Part 5: Protocols & Inheritance

40. Initializers

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You’ve already learned how to write basic initializers. You use them to set any values needed by your types at initialization time! But when inheritance is in the mix, you’ll need to incorporate a few more rules when writing your initializers.

47 var sports: [String]

49 init(firstName: String, lastName: String, sports: [String]) {

}

50 self.sports = sports

51 super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)

  StudentAthlete(...... sports: ["Foosball"])

StudentAthlete(firstName: "Bernie", lastName: "Kosar")

49 … sports: [String] = []) {

49 … sports: [String]) {

54 override init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {

}

55 self.sports = sports
   super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)

55 … = []

36 required init…

54 required init…

49 //  init(firstName: String, lastName: String, sports: [String]) {
//    self.sports = sports
//    super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)
//  }
  
  required init(firstName: String, lastName: String, sports: [String] = []) {


49 init(firstName: String, lastName: String, sports: [String]) {
    self.sports = sports
    super.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName)
  }
  
  required init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {

57 self.init(firstName: <#T##String#>, lastName: <#T##String#>, sports: <#T##[String]#>)

57 self.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName, sports: [])

54 required init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.init(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName, sports: [])
  }

54 required convenience init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {

45 convenience init(transfer: Student) {

}

46 self.init(firstName: transfer.firstName, lastName: transfer.lastName)

47 grades = transfer.grades

36 let rudy = StudentAthlete(firstName: "Daniel"…
…
39 StudentAthlete(transfer: rudy)

39 …rudy).sports

65  convenience init(transfer: StudentAthlete) {
    
  }

self.init(firstName: transfer.firstName, lastName: transfer.lastName, sports: transfer.sports)

grades = transfer.grades