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Start your free trialSimone Renaud
Courses Plus Student 1,948 Pointspublic int getRemainingCharacterCount() { return MAX_CHAR - text.length(); } What is the syntax error here?
keep getting a syntax error for this line, what is it?
public class Tweet {
private String text;
public static final int MAX_CHARS = 140;
public Tweet(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public int getRemainingCharacterCount() {
return MAX_CHAR - text.length();
}
}
2 Answers
Cheo R
37,150 PointsI don't do java, but I think
return text;
text.length();
should be
return this.return text;
this.text.length();
Simone Renaud
Courses Plus Student 1,948 PointsOh my gosh I left out an S!!!! Thanks Marie!!
Marie Franklin
13,355 PointsMarie Franklin
13,355 Pointsyou are doing great!!! just using MAX_CHAR instead of MAX_CHARS