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C# Intermediate C# Polymorphism Virtual Methods

Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points
Posted by Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points

Check preceding number in array

I've completed the challenge in two different ways. One with LINQ, which I left in the comment below in RepeatDetector.cs. Is that the correct way with LINQ or can it be done in another way?

Then I did a more basic way using a for loop to check the index with the next index. Is there a way to do it this without a try/catch to avoid the IndexOutOfRangeException? Since I learned it's best to avoid try/catch is possible.

SequenceDetector.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class SequenceDetector
    {
        public virtual bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
}
RepeatDetector.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class RepeatDetector : SequenceDetector
    {
        public override bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
           for(int i = 0; i < sequence.Length; i++)
           {

           try{
                if(sequence[i] == sequence[i + 1]
                {
                    return true;
                }

                }
                catch { }

           }

           return false;


        }
    }
}


/*
    if(sequence.Length != sequence.Distinct().Count())
    {
        return true;
    }
else
   {
       return false;
   }
*/

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Just reduce the upper limit on the loop and you won't cause the exception:

           for(int i = 0; i < sequence.Length - 1; i++)

Also, while it might sneak by in the challenge, I don't think the LINQ solution correctly solves the task because it would detect any duplicates. But the stated task is to detect only adjacent duplicates.

Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points
Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points

Thank you! How would you go by using LINQ to check for the adjacent duplicate?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Golly, it never occurred to me to do it that way (even when I took this course), but here you go:

        public override bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
            return sequence
                .Where((s, i) => i+1 < sequence.Length && s == sequence[i+1])
                .Any();
        }