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C# C# Objects Loops and Final Touches For Loops

Posted by Fabiola Barrientos
Fabiola Barrientos
9,467 Points

how to finish loop

I feel like I am close to finishing this but simply cannot figure out how to complete this loop. A little bit of help would be appreaciated.

FrogStats.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class FrogStats
    {
        public static double GetAverageTongueLength(Frog[] frogs)
        {
            double sum = 0;
            double i = 0;
            for(; i < frogs.Length; i++ )
            {
                sum += Frog.TongueLength;
            }
            i++;
            return sum / i;
        }
    }
}
Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Frog
    {
        public int TongueLength { get; }

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

1 Answer

Tim Danner
Tim Danner
3,284 Points

First, you're accessing the class directly instead of its instances, and second, you're assigning the values of type int to the variable sum of type double.

The solutions would be to iterate through the Frog array that's provided in the parameter, and to cast TongueLength to double:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class FrogStats
    {
        public static double GetAverageTongueLength(Frog[] frogs)
        {
            double sum = 0;
            double i = 0;
            for (; i < frogs.Length; i++)
            {
                // explicit cast by appending (double) 
                sum += (double)frogs[i].TongueLength;
            }
            i++;
            return sum / i;
        }
    }
}

While the solution above is legit, the codes could look a little bit confusing to other coders.

I'd suggest keeping i inside the for loop because it doesn't have any specific meaning outside the scope, and casting sum to double at the end of the calculation for better performance:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class FrogStats
    {
        public static double GetAverageTongueLength(Frog[] frogs)
        {
            // double sum = 0;
            // double i = 0;

            int sum = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < frogs.Length; i++)
            {
                sum += frogs[i].TongueLength;
            }
            // i++;

            return (double)sum / frogs.Length;
        }
    }
}

In C#, when it comes to division, as long as either side is of type double, the return value will always be double.

You can verify this by calling the System method GetType():

Console.WriteLine((5.0/2).GetType());