// This code should create two classes, then print a fact.

import UIKit

class Bird {
    var wingspan: Double? = nil
}
class Eagle: Bird{}

let bird = Bird()

if let eagle = bird as? Eagle {
    if let wingspan = eagle.wingspan {
        print("The eagle's wingspan is \(wingspan).")
    } else {
        print("This eagle has an unknown wingspan.")
    }
}

I assumed Playgrounds will print to the console: "This eagle has an unknown wingspan" . Instead, it shows this:

No output to the console. Only the newly created bird object.

What am I missing here?

Thank you for your help.

Thank you Paul.

Hello,

In your code eagle is not a bird.

import UIKit

class Bird {
    var wingspan: Double? = nil
}

class Eagle: Bird {

}

let bird = Bird()

print("start")

if let eagle = bird as? Eagle {
    if let wingspan = eagle.wingspan {
        print ("Eagle wingspan \(wingspan)")
    } else {
        print ("Unkno wingspan")
    }
    print ("Eagle")
} else {
    print ("Not an Eagle")
}

Please type your code here, do not use png

s e b

@Sebastien-Remy Thank you. That makes it even clearer to me.

P.S.: The .png file was to show Xcode's output