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C#

Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points
Posted by Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points

It will not let me assign a variable to a type I made through a class

This is in a file named Tower.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense

{

class Tower

{


}

}

This is in a file name Game.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense

{

class Game

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Tower tower = new Tower();

    }

}

}

I keep getting an error and it says that it does not know what the type Tower is... Also, these are in the same folder.

2 Answers

Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points
Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points

Okay, I figured it out but I'm really mad about what I did because it was a really dumb mistake... I forgot to compile all of the files at once so it couldn't find the other file due to how I was compiling. Sorry about the inconvenience.

Zachary Claire
Zachary Claire
11,259 Points
Zachary Claire
Zachary Claire
11,259 Points

I copied exactly what you said you have and got a compiler warning, but it still succeeded:

Game.cs(11,17): warning CS0219: The variable `tower' is assigned but its value is never used

Could you please copy and paste your exact error, to give me a better idea of what your compiler is saying?

Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points
Akshay Mehta
Akshay Mehta
1,831 Points

Yes, sorry my error was:

"Game.cs(7,13): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `Tower' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference? "

Zachary Claire
Zachary Claire
11,259 Points

Game.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense
{
    class Game
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
          Tower tower = new Tower();
        }
    }
}

Tower.cs:

namespace TreehouseDefense
{
  class Tower
  {

  }
}

You said you have these line for line? Could you try and copy-paste them from my code blocks here and see if it changes anything?