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C# C# Objects Object-Oriented Programming Initialization

Posted by Joel Shibu
Joel Shibu
3,422 Points

My constructor doesn't initialize the 'TongueLength' field to the value passed in?

Not sure where I'm going wrong here, part two of the challenge said my constructor was fine but in part three its wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
      readonly  public int TongueLength;
        public Frog (int TongueLength)
        {
        TongueLength = TongueLength;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

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

Having a field and a parameter with the same name can be tricky. In the course examples, field names start with an upper-case letter and parameter names with a lower-case letter to make them distinct. You might want to do that here.

Otherwise, you'd need to put a "this." prefix in front of the field name to distinguish it from the parameter.