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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Alexander Haug
Alexander Haug
1,237 Points

Can`t find the problem in the code.

I have a problem with the code and i cant seem to fint the problem. The code i have written is excacly the same at in the video. Been sitting for hours trying to fix it and tryed to restart the workspace. Still the same problem. Hope somone can help me out :)

I get this problem when trying to run the code:

Hangman.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();
^
symbol: method promptForGuess()
location: variable prompter of type Prompter
1 error

THE CODE:


Hangman.java

public class Hangman {

public static void main(String[] args) { // Your incredible code goes here... Game game = new Game("treehouse"); Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game); boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess(); if(isHit){ System.out.println("We got a hit"); } else{ System.out.println("Ooops missed"); } } }


Game.java

class Game{

private String answer; private String hits; private String misses;

public Game(String answer){ this.answer = answer; hits = ""; misses = ""; }

public boolean applyGuess(char letter) { boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(letter) != -1; if (isHit){ hits += letter; } else { misses += letter; } return isHit; }

}


Prompter.java

import java.util.Scanner;

class Prompter{ private Game game;

public Prompter(Game game) { this.game = game; }

public boolean promtForGuess(){ Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Enter a letter: "); String guessInput = scanner.nextLine(); char guess = guessInput.charAt(0); return game.applyGuess(guess); } }

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

You made a typo in naming your promptForGuess() method in Prompter.java (missing the 2nd p).

Alexander Haug
Alexander Haug
1,237 Points

thankyou very much. I found the problem 2 minutes after i posted :)