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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

Posted by shobanaannadurai
shobanaannadurai
4,244 Points

The Polygon class represents a 2 dimensional shape. It has a public field named NumSides. Create a new type of polygon c

Can anyone help me on this,

Polygon.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Polygon
    {
        public readonly int NumSides;
        public Polygon(int numSides)
        {
            NumSides = numSides;
        }

    class Square : Polygon

         public Square(int numSides) : base(4)
        {

        }
        public readonly int SideLength;
        public Square(int sideLength)
        {
            SideLength = sideLength;

        }

    }

    }
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Here's a few hints:

  • the "Square" class seems to be inside the "Polygon" class (instead of after it)
  • the open brace to begin the class definition is missing
  • the constructor "Square" is defined twice
  • the definition with the correct argument and content is missing the explicit "Base" call
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points

Looks like you're missing a closing bracket for the polygon class and an opening bracket for the square class. Add those, and if I counted right, one of the closing brackets at the end would then need to be removed.