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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Accessor Methods

Posted by Raivis Lazdāns
Raivis Lazdāns
1,459 Points

Problem with return type

Hi,

As I understood from course, if want to return value then I can indicate only "public GetNumFliesEaten()", but it asks for return type. What`s wrong?

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

        public GetNumFliesEaten()
        {
            return _numFliesEaten;
        }

        public void SetNumFliesEaten()
        {
            _numFliesEaten = value;
        }

    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,771 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,771 Points

The type of the value being returned (an int in this case) must be given between the word "public" and the method name.

Also, you'll need to declare the type and name of the parameter for your setter method.