Triangle Property (class)

[geo039]

I have a program that takes user input from a textbox. Based on those 3 numbers it will tell them whether it is a right triangle, equilateral triangle or not a triangle. I've written 3 properties (get/set) to take the lengths. Now I need two readonly (get only) properties s to determine whether something is right or equilateral. I'm really not sure how I would write the formula in vb. I understand a right triangle is a2 + b2 = c2 but i'm not sure how I could process a math formula inside a property. I guess I am also trying to learn how these two new properties would interact with the 3 already written? Here is what I have so far. I do not yet have anything for the right triangle. Does this make sense and anybody know how to easily calculate a right triangle. The formulas online haven't really made sense to me in order to write it out in vb.

Public Class Triangle

    'declare integers for 3 triangle sides
    Dim m_intSide1 As Integer
    Dim m_intSide2 As Integer
    Dim m_intSide3 As Integer

    'declare integers for triangle type
    Dim m_intRight As Integer
    Dim m_intEquilateral As Integer

    'Triangle constructor, sides supplied
    Public Sub New(ByVal side1Value As Integer, ByVal side2Value As Integer, _
        ByVal side3Value As Integer, ByVal RightTriangleValue As Integer, _
        ByVal EquilateralValue As Integer)

        m_intSide1 = side1Value
        m_intSide2 = side2Value
        m_intSide3 = side3Value
        m_intRight = RightTriangleValue
        m_intEquilateral = EquilateralValue

    End Sub 'New

    'property side1
    Public Property Side1() As Integer

        'return m_intSide1 value
        Get
            Return m_intSide1
        End Get 'end of Get accessor

        'set m_intside1 value
        Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
            'if side 1 value entered is valid
            If (Value > 0) Then
                m_intSide1 = Value
            Else
                m_intSide1 = 0  'set invalid input to 0
            End If
        End Set 'end of set accessor
    End Property

    'property side2
    Public Property Side2() As Integer

        'return m_intSide2 value
        Get
            Return m_intSide2
        End Get 'end of Get accessor

        'set m_intside2 value
        Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
            'if side 2 value entered is valid
            If (Value > 0) Then
                m_intSide2 = Value
            Else
                m_intSide2 = 0  'set invalid input to 0
            End If
        End Set 'end of set accessor
    End Property

    'property side3
    Public Property Side3() As Integer

        'return m_intSide3 value
        Get
            Return m_intSide3
        End Get 'end of Get accessor

        'set m_intside3 value
        Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
            'if side 3 value entered is valid
            If (Value > 0) Then
                m_intSide3 = Value
            Else
                m_intSide3 = 0  'set invalid input to 0
            End If
        End Set 'end of set accessor
    End Property

    'property IsRight (copied from below, work in progress)
    Public ReadOnly Property IsRight() As Integer

        'return m_intRightTriangle value
        Get
            If (Side1 = Side2 AndAlso Side2 = Side3) Then
                Return m_intRight
            End If

        End Get 'end of Get accessor

    End Property

    'property IsEquilateral
    Public ReadOnly Property IsEquilateral() As Integer

        'return m_intEquilateral value
        Get
            If (Side1 = Side2 AndAlso Side2 = Side3) Then
                Return m_intEquilateral
            End If

        End Get 'end of Get accessor

    End Property

End Class   'Triangle

[kmoorman]

geo039,

I would consider making IsRight and IsEquilateral methods (public functions) that return boolean values.

Kerry Moorman

[geo039]

That's also how I approached it and since this is a hw assignment there are requirements and it has to be in a property but due to the timeframe I have normally at this point I just try to get it to work and take whatever credit I can get, so I may end up just putting it in a boolean function.