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C# C# Objects Inheritance Inheritance

michael edmondson
michael edmondson
4,511 Points
Posted by michael edmondson
michael edmondson
4,511 Points

Use base to initialize NumSides to 4. im lost on how to go about this i tried a number of different things

Hey i feel like im kinda close but i tried a number of things and nothing has worked to Use base to initialize NumSides to 4. Can someone assist?

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

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

What you have for base is correct. It is the semicolon that follows that is causing the challenge to fail.