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Start your free trialSharon Gracious Thato Khumomotse
2,380 PointsInheritance in code
Please help. It gives me this message when I try checking my work: "Bummer: Did you define your Square class as an inner class of the Polygon class? Be sure to define the Square class before or after the definition for the Polygon class."
I don't know what I did wrong.
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Polygon
{
public readonly int NumSides
public Polygon(int numSides)
{
NumSides = numSides;
}
class Square : Polygon
{
public readonly int SideLength;
public Square(int sideLength) : base(4)
{
SideLength = sideLength;
}
}
}
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsThe remedy was given as a hint in the error message "Be sure to define the Square class before or after the definition for the Polygon class." Right now, it's defined inside the other class:
// how it is now:
class Polygon
{
class Square : Polygon // note that this is INSIDE the Polygon class
{
}
}
// how it SHOULD be:
class Polygon
{
}
class Square : Polygon // now it is at the same nesting level as the other class
{
}
Vincent Phatsima
11,889 Pointsnamespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges { class Polygon { public readonly int NumSides;
public Polygon(int numSides)
{
NumSides = numSides;
}
}
class Square : Polygon
{
public readonly int SideLength;
public Square(int sideLength) : base(4)
{
SideLength = sideLength;
}
}
}
give that a try
Sharon Gracious Thato Khumomotse
2,380 PointsThanks a lot
Sharon Gracious Thato Khumomotse
2,380 PointsSharon Gracious Thato Khumomotse
2,380 PointsThank you very much
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsSteven Parker
231,198 PointsSharon Gracious Thato Khumomotse — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!