Resolved Cannot implicitly convert type 'void' to...

[bondra]

I just staring och scrolling upp and down with no ideas of how to proceed
I get following "Error CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'void' to 'Joppes_hundar.Toy'".

There're a lot of posts of there but none seems to help me. I've left out code. Please let me know if further code is necessary.

           public static void Fetch()
            {
                   var selectedPet = (Animal)null;
                   var selectedToy = (Toy)null;

                   int input = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

                   Console.Write("\n Enter index for animal: ");
                   selectedPet = Petowner.Pets[input - 1];
                   selectedToy = selectedPet.GetToy(); // The line which gives an error
                    }
                }
            }

    abstract class Toy
    {
       // ..
    }

    abstract class Animal
    {
        public void GetToy()
        {
        // ...
        }
    }

 

[JohnH]

GetToy method is declared void, so it doesn't return anything.

void - C# reference

Learn more about void keyword in C#

docs.microsoft.com

You use void as the return type of a method (or a local function) to specify that the method doesn't return a value.

 

[NoUserHere]

Marked as solution.

OP what object is selectedToy meant to be equal or set to?

 

[bondra]

GetToy method is declared void, so it doesn't return anything.

void - C# reference

Learn more about void keyword in C#

docs.microsoft.com

Thanks a lot!

 

[bondra]

Marked as solution.

OP what object is selectedToy meant to be equal or set to?

Hmm, if I understand you correctly, it should return an object of type Toy.

 

[NoUserHere]

Did you change the type? public void GetToy()

 

[bondra]

I removed void

 

[NoUserHere]

Good. Glad you got it sorted, I will mark this one resolved.