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51,094 PointsChallenge Task 1 of 2 In the VideoGamesRepository.cs file, add a GetVideoGames method to the VideoGamesRepository clas
VideoGamesRepository.cs(8,30): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `[' Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
using Treehouse.Models;
namespace Treehouse.Data
{
public class VideoGamesRepository
{
public VideoGame GetVideoGames(){
_videoGames = VideoGame[];
return _videoGames;
}
private static VideoGame[] _videoGames = new VideoGame[]
{
new VideoGame()
{
Id = 1,
Title = "Super Mario 64",
Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.",
Characters = new string[]
{
"Mario",
"Princess Peach",
"Bowser",
"Toad",
"Yoshi"
},
Publisher = "Nintendo",
Favorite = true
},
new VideoGame()
{
Id = 2,
Title = "Mario Kart 64",
Description = "Mario Kart 64 is a 1996 go-kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.",
Characters = new string[]
{
"Mario",
"Princess Peach",
"Bowser",
"Toad",
"Yoshi"
},
Publisher = "Nintendo",
Favorite = false
}
};
}
}
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
// Don't make any changes to this class!
public class VideoGame
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string[] Characters { get; set; }
public string Publisher { get; set; }
public bool Favorite { get; set; }
public string DisplayText
{
get
{
return Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
}
}
}
}
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsHey, congratulations on resolving your own issue.
For the benefit of other readers, the issue was that the assignment "videoGames = VideoGame[];
" in the method GetVideoGames was neither valid nor necessary.
James Seal
9,807 Pointsusing Treehouse.Models;
namespace Treehouse.Data
{
public class VideoGamesRepository
{
// TODO Add GetVideoGames method
public VideoGame[] GetVideoGames(){
return _videoGames;
}
// TODO Add GetVideoGame method
private static VideoGame[] _videoGames = new VideoGame[]
{
new VideoGame()
{
Id = 1,
Title = "Super Mario 64",
Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.",
Characters = new string[]
{
"Mario",
"Princess Peach",
"Bowser",
"Toad",
"Yoshi"
},
Publisher = "Nintendo",
Favorite = true
},
new VideoGame()
{
Id = 2,
Title = "Mario Kart 64",
Description = "Mario Kart 64 is a 1996 go-kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.",
Characters = new string[]
{
"Mario",
"Princess Peach",
"Bowser",
"Toad",
"Yoshi"
},
Publisher = "Nintendo",
Favorite = false
}
};
}
}
vincent batteast
51,094 PointsI got it now.