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Start your free trialSteve Wofford
2,485 PointsCant get value to become true.
Why wont the method work?
class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private String color;
private int barCount;
public GoKart(String color) {
this.color = color;
}
public String getColor() {
return color;
}
public void charge() {
barCount = MAX_BARS;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return barCount == 0;
}
3 Answers
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 PointsOh i spell wrong function name isFullyCharge should be isFullyCharged
anyway, here is final code, and this works for me on challenge
class GoKart {
public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
private String color;
private int barCount;
public GoKart(String color) {
this.color = color;
}
public String getColor() {
return color;
}
public void charge() {
barCount = MAX_BARS;
}
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return (barCount == 0) ? true : false;
}
public boolean isFullyCharged() {
return (barCount == MAX_BARS) ? true : false;
}
}
Paul Lave
2,714 PointsAll that is being returned is a barCount == 0. This doesn't give an option for true or false, just that it equals 0. The following setup will return true if the bar count equals 0 or false if it does not.
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() { if(barCount == 0) { return true; } else { return false; } }
Hope that helps!
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Pointsyou can do it like this:
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
if (barCount == 0) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
or shortly
public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
return (barCount == 0) ? true : false;
}
Second part of challenge
public boolean isFullyCharge() {
if (barCount == MAX_BARS) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
or
public boolean isFullyCharge() {
return (barCount == MAX_BARS) ? true : false;
}
Steve Wofford
2,485 PointsI've tried both the short way and the long way. I've even tried copy/paste. Still wont run the code.
Steve Wofford
2,485 PointsSteve Wofford
2,485 Pointsthanks so much Ivan. I appreciate the help!