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C# C# Objects Methods Methods

Posted by Amit Ghosh
Amit Ghosh
9,314 Points

distanceToFly

I am redoing this the 2nd time and pretty sure I am right. Any suggestions please!!

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

        public Frog(int tongueLength)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
        }

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

2 Answers

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

Your code is fine. This is just a case of the challenge checker being extremely picky about how your code looks.

The "problem" is that you have a space between the parameter and the parenthesis enclosing it, if you have it flush against the parenthesis like this:

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

        public Frog(int tongueLength)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
        }

        public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly) // Removed space before and after parameter
        {
            return TongueLength >= distanceToFly;
        }
    }
}

Then your code will be accepted. Note of course that in reality, it does not matter whether you have a space around the parameter or not. It is completely valid C# code either way.

Amit Ghosh
Amit Ghosh
9,314 Points
Amit Ghosh
Amit Ghosh
9,314 Points

Yeah thanks Andren, it really gets to you when you know you are right but cant spot the aberration.