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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Accessor Methods

Tojo Alex
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Tojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 Points
Posted by Tojo Alex
Tojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 Points

I have one tiny mistake though I'm not sure where it is

I have tried multiple times but it gives me the same error every time and sometimes I receive multiple errors.

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Frog
    {
        private int _numFliesEaten;

        public int GetNumFliesEaten()
        {
           _numFliesEaten;
        }
      public int SetNumFliesEaten()
      {
         set 
         {
                _numFliesEaten = value;
         }

      }
   }
}

1 Answer

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

There are actually a couple of issues:

  1. In your GetNumFliesEaten method you have forgotten to include the return keyword when returning the _numFliesEaten field.
  2. The SetNumFliesEaten method should have a return type of void not int, since it does not actually return any value.
  3. Since SetNumFliesEaten is just a normal setter method (you are not dealing with a property here) you should not use the set keyword. And you also cannot reference value without defining it as a parameter first.

If you fix those issues like this:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        private int _numFliesEaten;

        public int GetNumFliesEaten()
        {
            // return keyword added
            return _numFliesEaten; 
        }
        // void set as return type and value added as parameter
        public void SetNumFliesEaten(int value)
        {
            // set keyword and block removed
            _numFliesEaten = value;
        }
   }
}

Then your code will pass.