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C# Intermediate C# System.Object Object.ToString

Posted by Tiago Ramos
Tiago Ramos
2,380 Points

How can I use .ToString() in this situation?

Hello guys, shouldn't I be able to simply call the .ToString() method for it to return the Word variable in a "string"?

VocabularyWord.cs 
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class VocabularyWord
    {
        public string Word { get; private set; }

        public override VocabularyWord(string word)
        {
            Word = word;
            return Word.ToString();
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Dale Severude
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Dale Severude
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Dale Severude
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Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 Points

Hi Tiago,

You don't need to call .ToString on Word because Word is already a string. Also you do not want to override the VocabularyWord constructor because there is no need to change the constructor.

You do need to override the .ToString method and then return Word inside it.

Tiago Ramos
Tiago Ramos
2,380 Points

Thank you Dale, great help! :)