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C# Intermediate C# Polymorphism Virtual Methods

Posted by Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points

RepeatDetector.Scan doesn't detect repetitions. Lost, completely. Why? Everything looks just perfect.

It should be working but it's not. Please, help!

SequenceDetector.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class SequenceDetector
    {
        public virtual bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
            return true;
        }         
    }          
}
RepeatDetector.cs 
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{    
class RepeatDetector : SequenceDetector
{
    public override bool Scan(int[] sequence)
    {
        bool isSame = false;
        for(int i = 0 ; i > sequence.Length; i++)
        {
            if(i>0) {             
                isSame = sequence[i] == sequence[i-1] ? true:false;
                if(isSame)
                {
                break;
                }
            }
        }
        return isSame;


    }         

}
}

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Here's a few hints:

  • the loop should start at 1 instead of 0 (because of the reference to "i-1")
  • the loop should run while the index is less than the length instead of greater
  • the ternary is redundant in "sequence[i] == sequence[i-1] ? true:false;"
Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points
Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points

Thank you, Steven. I managed to solve the problem. Why is ternary redundant? I think it saves some space.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

The conditional expression of the ternary resolves to "true" or "false". But then the rest of it substitutes "true" and "false".

So "sequence[i] == sequence[i-1] ? true:false;" can be replaced by just "sequence[i] == sequence[i-1]".

Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points
Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points

This is a new information for me. Thank you, Steven!