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C# C# Objects Methods Method Overloading

Posted by nave lahav
nave lahav
1,549 Points

why is this not running?

what is wrong with this code?

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        public readonly int TongueLength;
        public readonly int ReactionTime;

        public Frog(int tongueLength, int reactionTime)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
            ReactionTime = reactionTime;
        }

                public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly, int flyReactionTime)
        {
            return TongueLength >= distanceToFly && ReactionTime<=flyReactionTime;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Connor Walker
Connor Walker
17,985 Points

The problem with your code is that the challenge wanted you to create a second method called EatFly with different parameters (method overloading), you changed the original method instead.

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        public readonly int TongueLength;
        public readonly int ReactionTime;

        public Frog(int tongueLength, int reactionTime)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
            ReactionTime = reactionTime;
        }

        public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly)
        {
            return TongueLength >= distanceToFly;
        }

        public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly, int flyReactionTime)
        {
            return TongueLength >= distanceToFly && ReactionTime<=flyReactionTime;
        }
    }
}

All you have to do is copy and paste the original EatFly method into your code and it will work (like above)

nave lahav
nave lahav
1,549 Points

thank you!