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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

Hamzah Iqbal
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Polygon

Polygon.cs(14,14): error CS1519: Unexpected symbol `public' in class, struct, or interface member declaration

I don't see the error. Is it the curly bracket? When removed, it's still not working.

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(4)
        {
            SideLength = sideLength;

        }

    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The field declaration is missing the ending semicolon:

        public readonly int SideLength;

Hint: if you use "preview" to see the compiler error (always a good idea!), but the compiler error doesn't make sense, be sure to check the line before where the error is being reported.