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C# C# Objects Methods Methods

joseph Bouhanef
joseph Bouhanef
476 Points
Posted by joseph Bouhanef
joseph Bouhanef
476 Points

Writing Method With Bool and return Value

I'm kind of stuck this one and I can't see where it went wrong. Can someone please help me?

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

        public Frog(int tongueLength)


        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
        }

        public bool EatFly(TongueLength tongueLength)


        {
            bool distanceToFly = tongueLength>=distanceToFLy ;
            return distanceToFly;

        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Troy Hooker
Troy Hooker
3,286 Points
Troy Hooker
Troy Hooker
3,286 Points

TongueLength is a property, not a type. You are trying to use TongueLength as a type in the EatFly method. You don't need to pass a tongueLength parameter to EatFly, you can use the TongueLength property instead. You do need to pass in distanceToFly:

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