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C# C# Objects Methods Method Overloading

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
4,391 Points

I'm just confused as to why this code isn't working. It says tongueLength doesn't exist...

It's all in the title

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

        public Frog(int tongueLength, int reactionTime, int flyReactionTime, int distanceToFly)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
            ReactionTime = reactionTime;
            FlyReactionTime = flyReactionTime;
            DistanceToFly = distanceToFly;            
        }

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

        public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly, int flyReactionTime)
        {
            return reactionTime <= flyReactionTime;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

:point_right: The message is incorrect, but I see at least 4 issues that need attention:

  • You added 2 additional parameters to the Frog constructor that are not needed.
  • You changed the name of the variable in the first EatFly method (you should not change this method!)
  • Your new EatFly method (with 2 parameters) is not using the correct variables for comparison.
  • The new method needs to make and combine two comparisons: one for speed, one for length.