Why do I get a "Value of type 'TableViewController' has no member 'place' ''?

I am tying to download some data from parse (a string) and I get the error

on the line that says :



I have this as a global var :

var place = [""]

and this is my code in the ViewDidLoad:

let query = PFObject.query()

        query!.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock ({ (objects, error) in



            if let skateparks = objects {



                for object in skateparks {



                    if let spotdetail = object as PFObject! {



                        self.place.append(spotdetail.name!)



                        self.tableView.reloadData()





                    }



                }



            }



            print(place)



        })

What can I change to make it work as I don't understand why it doesn't recognize the as it is in the same view controller (tableView)

thanks!