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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Creating a Data Model

Posted by Neale Potgieter
Neale Potgieter
3,715 Points

Unable to return a property in parentheses

I have the following question: "In VideoGame.cs add a read only property named DisplayText of type string. For the property's return value, return the Title property value followed by the Publisher property value in parentheses (i.e. "Super Mario 64 (Nintendo)").". I have tried to place the 'Publisher' return value in parentheses using the " '" + Publisher + "'" but the code is not accepted. Please assist.

VideoGame.cs 
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
    public class VideoGame
        {
            public int Id {get;set;}
            public string Title {get;set;}
            public string Description {get;set;}
            public string[] Characters {get;set;}
            public string Publisher {get;set;}
            public string DisplayText
            {
                get
                {
                    return Title + '"' + Publisher + '"';
                }
            }

        }

}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

:point_right: It looks like you're using the wrong characters.

You're code is adding quotes (") around the Publisher, but it should be parentheses :point_right:():point_left:.

And you should use quotes instead of apostrophes ("single quotes") to make your additions strings instead of single characters. That will make it easy to include a space along with the open parenthesis (" (") to satisfy the challenge's format expectations.

Neale Potgieter
Neale Potgieter
3,715 Points

Thanks for the answer but it didn't work. I did the following based on your answer and what the question is asking for:

return Title + (Publisher);

This still returns the same error. I cannot get passed this - it seems simple enough.

Neale Potgieter
Neale Potgieter
3,715 Points

Ok... stupid problem resolved. PEBCAC error :)

Thanks for the help.

marcolamoon
marcolamoon
16,915 Points
marcolamoon
marcolamoon
16,915 Points

i am not passing the question. please help!!

Jeanette Brown
Jeanette Brown
20,485 Points

I just figured it out. I had a stray curly brace in mine.

namespace Treehouse.Models
{

public class VideoGame {
    public int Id { get ; set; }
    public string Title { get ; set; }
    public string Description { get ; set; }
    public string[] Characters {get ; set;}
    public string Publisher {get ; set; }


public string DisplayText {

    get{
            return  Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
   }
   }
}
}