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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Computed Properties

Justin Ramirez
Justin Ramirez
4,915 Points
Posted by Justin Ramirez
Justin Ramirez
4,915 Points

What does this mean? Did you compute the area as the square of SideLength?

need help don't understand what to do.

Square.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Square : Polygon
    {

        public double SideLength;
        public double Area 
        {
            get
            {
                return SideLength;
            }
        }
        public Square(double sideLength ) : base(4)
        {
            SideLength = sideLength ;
        }
    }
}
Polygon.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Polygon
    {
        public int NumSides { get; private set; }

        public Polygon(int numSides)
        {
            NumSides = numSides;
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The Area property is meant to return the area of the square, not just the length of its side. To compute the area of a square you simply multiply its side by itself. So the code has to look something like this:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Square : Polygon
    {

        public double SideLength;
        public double Area 
        {
            get
            {
                return SideLength * SideLength;
            }
        }
        public Square(double sideLength ) : base(4)
        {
            SideLength = sideLength ;
        }
    }
}