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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Mohammed
1,368 Points
Posted by Murtala Mohammed
Murtala Mohammed
1,368 Points

using a base constructor

a class Square with public field inherit from Polygon class with another public field. a base constructor is used to initialize a public field.

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 length, int side) : base(side)
        {
            SideLength = length;
            NumSides = side;
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Connor Walker
Connor Walker
17,985 Points

In your square class your constructor only needs the sideLength value passed into it instead of two int variables, also you should be passing 4 in the base constructor as a square will always have 4 sides so there is no need to pass a variable to it

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;
        }
    }
}