How do I access a struct nested inside a struct

Question

I've created a struct with another struct nested inside of it, like this:

struct Theme {     var ID: Int     var name: String     struct color {         var tint: String         var tintDisabled: String         var accent: String         var background: String         var items: [String]     } } 

I thought I'd be able to address the "tint" item like this:

aTheme.color.tint 

But aTheme doesn't have a member "color".

How can I get at it? Or is this just no-go and I should use a different structure?

Answer 1

What you've created is a nested type—color is declared as a type inside the Theme type, so to create an instance of color you would use this notation:

let myColor = Theme.color( ... ) 

I think instead you want a property of a Theme instance to be a color instance. For this you don't need the types to be nested:

struct Color {     var tint: String     var tintDisabled: String     var accent: String     var background: String     var items: [String] }  struct Theme {     var ID: Int     var name: String     var color: Color } 

Note: Types should always be declared with initial caps.