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C# Intermediate C# System.Object Object.Equals

Posted by tung nguyen
tung nguyen
Courses Plus Student 1,666 Points

Equals method

im stuck here for about an hour. can someone plsssssss help me how to fix it?

VocabularyWord.cs 
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class VocabularyWord
    {
        public string Word { get; private set; }

        public VocabularyWord(string word)
        {
            Word = word;
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return Word;
        }
       public override bool Equals(object o)
            {
                if(o!=null)
                return o.Equals(Word);
            } 
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

What if "o" is null? The function should still return something.