Make the probability of a rabbit dying increase with age, ie extra 5% per term

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Get Set Methods

Within the rabbit class, add the following methods to set and get ProbalilityOfDeathOtherCauses:

1 public double GetProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses()
2 {
3 	return ProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses;
4 }
5 
6 public void setProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses(double value)
7 {
8 	ProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses=value;
9 }

Alter with age

the code below is contained within the Warren Class, it is the part of the program responsible for ageing each rabbit. I have commented the line added below. 0.5 is 5%:

 1 private void AgeRabbits(bool ShowDetail)
 2 {
 3 	int DeathCount = 0;
 4 	for (int r = 0; r < RabbitCount; r++)
 5 	{
 6 		Rabbits[r].CalculateNewAge();
 7                 // Added the line below
 8 		Rabbits[r].setProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses(Rabbits[r].GetProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses() + .05);
 9 				
10                 if (Rabbits[r].CheckIfDead())
11 		{
12 			Rabbits[r] = null;
13 			DeathCount++;
14 		}
15 	}
16 	CompressRabbitList(DeathCount);
17 	if (ShowDetail)
18 	{
19 		Console.WriteLine("  " + DeathCount + " rabbits die of old age.");
20 	}
21 }

Displaying data

You need to add a line to the inspect method of the Rabbit class to display the value. You can therefore check that it works:


1 public override void Inspect()
2 {
3 	base.Inspect();
4 	Console.Write("Rep rate " + Math.Round(ReproductionRate, 1) + " ");
5         //Added this line
6 	Console.WriteLine("PDBOC: " + GetProbabilityOfDeathOtherCauses());
7 	Console.WriteLine("Gender " + Gender + " ");
8 }