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C# C# Objects Methods Method Overloading

Posted by Travis Williams
Travis Williams
2,049 Points

Im having Trouble

I'm trying to overload this function. It requires me to return a bool value I'm not sure if my function is working

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        public readonly int TongueLength;
        public readonly int ReactionTime;


        public Frog(int tongueLength, int reactionTime)
        {
            TongueLength = tongueLength;
            ReactionTime = reactionTime;
        }

        public bool EatFly(int distanceToFly)
        {
            return TongueLength >= distanceToFly;
        }

        public bool EatFly (int distanceToFly, int flyReactionTime)
        {
            if ( TongueLength >= distanceToFly)
            {
                if (ReactionTime <= flyReactionTime)
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }     
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points

You're really close! Your code handles the case when the frog can get the fly and returns "true". But if it can't, the method ends without returning anything. If you looked at the preview, that's what the message "not all code paths return a value" means.

So you just need to be sure to return "false" at the end of the method.