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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Accessor Methods

Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points
Posted by Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points

Trouble renaming private field

Having trouble making the NumFliesEaten field private and rename it to match the private field naming conventions used in this course.

Seems pretty straight forward but can't get it to compile..?

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Frog
    {
        private int NumFliesEaten _numFliesEaten;
    }
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

You still have the old name there.

You added the new name following the private field convention, but you haven't removed the old name yet.

Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points
Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points

Thanks for the response but I do not understand what you mean by "removed the old name?"

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

In the current line, you have both the old name and the new name:

        private int NumFliesEaten _numFliesEaten;

But you only want the new name:

        private int _numFliesEaten;
Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points
Kyle Puckett
Kyle Puckett
2,488 Points

Ah, thank you so much!