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C# C# Objects Methods Return Values

Posted by Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points

PLEASE HELP! error CS0246

When I try to compile Game.cs this error comes up:

Game.cs(7,11): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `Map' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?                                         
Game.cs(9,22): error CS0841: A local variable `map' cannot be used before it is declared                                                                         
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings 
And when I try to compile Map.cs this error comes up:
Map.cs(14,25): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `Point' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?

Here is my code for Game.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense
{
    class Game
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
          Map map = new Map(8, 5);

          int area = map.Width * map.Height;
        }
    }
}

And here is my code for Map.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense
{
    class Map
    {
      public readonly int Width;
      public readonly int Height;

      public Map(int width, int height)
      {
        Width = width;
        Height = height;
      }

      public bool OnMap(Point point)
      {
          return point.X >= 0 && point.X < Width 
              && point.Y >= 0 && point.Y < Height;
      }
    }
}

I will be very grateful if someone will tell me what I missed. Thank you

Holly Ziobro
Holly Ziobro
3,072 Points
Holly Ziobro
Holly Ziobro
3,072 Points

Hi,

Do you have code in another class relating to Point?

James Meyer
James Meyer
8,985 Points
James Meyer
James Meyer
8,985 Points

So, I'm not too familiar with C#, but I feel as though you are missing the "using" keyword somewhere. Maybe something along the lines of "using Map" or "using TreehouseDefense". I figured maybe this might help face you in the right direction. Like I said, I don't really have experience with C#, but I did a little googling and hopefully this helps!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

James, "using" isn't needed here since all modules are part of the same namespace. The "using" directive gives you access to things in a different namespace.

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

At first glance, the code looks OK, so I suspect the issue might be in the way the way the program is being compiled. Since the modules depend on each other, it's important to compile them all together. Compiling them individually is likely to cause the errors your are seeing.

A typical build command might look like this:

mcs -out:treehousedefense.exe *.cs
Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points
Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points

Thank you. It worked

Johan Kjellin
Johan Kjellin
2,740 Points
Johan Kjellin
Johan Kjellin
2,740 Points

I got the same error, however I found that I write TreehouseDefence instead of TreehouseDefense

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Spelling isn't important as long as it is consistent.