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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

Posted by Lucas Nordström
Lucas Nordström
2,230 Points

Inheriting constructors, in what order does the constructors execute in: The child or parents first?

How should I tell the program to set numsides to be 4 in the child class?

Polygon.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Polygon
    {
        public readonly int NumSides;

        public Polygon(int numSides)
        {
            NumSides = numSides;
        }
    }

    class Square : Polygon 
    {
        public readonly int SideLength;

        public Square(int sideLength) : base (numSides)
        {
            SideLength = sideLength;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Since NumSides is the argument for the base class, you simply pass the desired value as the argument to base:

        public Square(int sideLength) : base(4)