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C# C# Objects Methods Methods

Posted by babasariffodeen
babasariffodeen
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C# Objects Methods First Task help! I do not know how to go about answering this

I figured the bool can be called anything so I decided 'canReach' which will either be true or false.

Please tell me where I am going wrong!

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        public readonly int TongueLength;

        public Frog(int tongueLength)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
        }

        public bool EatFly(Frog distanceToFly)
        {
            bool canReach = (distanceToFly >= Frog.TongueLength);
            return;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You've got a couple of problems here. First, the method is supposed to accept an integer as the distanceToFly. Your method is accepting a Frog. Secondly, you have a return statement but it's not actually returning anything. And third, there's a logic flaw in your evaluation. If the fly is 18 inches away, but the frog's tongue is only 7 inches long then he/she isn't going to be able to eat that fly!

Here's how I did it:

public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly)
        {
            return distanceToFly <= TongueLength;
        }

My method accepts an integer which is the distance to fly. If the distance to fly is less than or equal to the length of the frog's tongue, then a value of true is returned. Otherwise, false is returned. Hope this helps! :sparkles:

babasariffodeen
babasariffodeen
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Thank you.

Would it also be correct if I wrote:

public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly)
        {
            bool canReach = distanceToFly <= TongueLength;
            return canReach;
        }

?

Jennifer Nordell
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babasariffodeen Yes, that would also work just fine! I just chose to return it directly. But they both accomplish the same thing :sparkles: