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Daniel W
Daniel W
1,341 Points
Posted by Daniel W
Daniel W
1,341 Points

How to check if Tower is on the Path?

The Tower class has a private readonly MapLocation _location;

In the constructor where we specify a location, we would like a check to see if such a location is on the path.

What is the best way to do this? Is it viable to g

My initial thought was to rework the code

namespace TreehouseDefense 
{
  class Path
  {
    private readonly MapLocation[] _path; //Needs to be a property?

into:

public MapLocation PathArray {get; private set;} //PathArray can't be named Path, can it?

and in the constructor

 public Path(MapLocation[] path)
    {
      PathArray = path;
    }

Then we could access the PathArray property from the Tower class, so that in the tower's constructor, we could loop through the PathArray to see if it's on there or not..

Is there an easier solution?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

If the path is guaranteed to be straight, you can check the bounds of the path without looping. But if the path could possibly wander around, then the loop is probably the best way to go.