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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Override an inherited method

Smith Thapa
Smith Thapa
7,023 Points
Posted by Smith Thapa
Smith Thapa
7,023 Points

Cannot solve

no idea how to use /"" ....."/"

com/example/BlogPost.java 
package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost {
    private String mAuthor;
    private String mTitle;
    private String mBody;
    private String mCategory;
    private Date mCreationDate;

    public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
      mAuthor = author;
      mTitle = title;
      mBody = body;
      mCategory = category;
      mCreationDate = creationDate;
    }

    public String getAuthor() {
      return mAuthor;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
      return mTitle;
    }

    public String getBody() {
      return mBody;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
      return mCategory;
    }

    public Date getCreationDate() {
      return mCreationDate;
    }

     public String toString(){
  return /""BlogPost: "+ mTitle + "by"+ mAuthor"/"
}
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

The probably don't want you to display the quotation marks. If you want to use quotation mark, precede with a backslash. so a quote inside a string would be "the quote follows this. \" that was a quote";

1 Answer

Simon Andersson
Simon Andersson
6,880 Points
Simon Andersson
Simon Andersson
6,880 Points

You're pretty close. When you're concatenating Strings, you should not use the quotation marks if the String is held as a value in another variable, only if you want to concatenate extra characters to a String. Also, remove the first slash, you wont need it here.

Consider the following code:

    @Override
    public String toString() {
     return "BlogPost: " + mTitle + " by " + mAuthor; 
    }

The words "BlogPost" and "by" are not values held in any variables, therefore you should put them inside of quotation marks.