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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points
Posted by olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points

where im i going wrong c#

a little help please not sure where im going wrong

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(NumSides) 
      {
      }
    }

}

1 Answer

Tobias Karlsson
Tobias Karlsson
2,751 Points
Tobias Karlsson
Tobias Karlsson
2,751 Points

You should pass the number of sides (which is 4 for a square) back to the parent constructor, not the NumSides variable which would be unknown here. So base(4) instead of base(NumSides).