I keep getting this error => "The operator ' ' isn't defined for the type 'Object'. (view docs). Try defining the operator ' '."
How could I define it?
import 'dart:math';
bool isArmstrongNumber(int number) {
var numberString = number.toString();
return number ==
numberString.split("").fold(0,
(prev, curr) => prev! pow(int.parse(curr), numberString.length));
}
main() {
var result = isArmstrongNumber(153);
print(result);
}
CodePudding user response:
fold
in Dart can have some problems when it comes to automatically determine what type it should return and handle. In these cases, we need to manually enter the type like this (fold<int>()
):
import 'dart:math';
bool isArmstrongNumber(int number) {
final numberString = number.toString();
return number ==
numberString.split("").fold<int>(
0,
(prev, curr) =>
prev pow(int.parse(curr), numberString.length).toInt(),
);
}
void main() {
final result = isArmstrongNumber(153);
print(result); // true
}
I also fixed a problem where pow
returns num
which is a problem. In this case, we can safely just cast it to int
without issues.
Details about this problem with fold
The problem here is that Dart tries to guess the generic of the fold
based on the expected returned type of the method. Since the ==
operator expects an Object
to compare against, fold
will also expect to just return Object
and the generic ends up being fold<Object>
.
This is not a problem for the first parameter since int
is an Object
. But it becomes a problem with your second argument where you expect an int
object and not Object
since Object
does not have the
operator.