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Thomas James
5,580 Pointsconstructor Game in class cannot be applied to given types
Hi all,
In Prompting for guesses video I keep getting the following error:
treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Hangman.java && java Hangman
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Hangman.java:5: error: constructor Game in class Game cannot be applied to given types;
Game game = new Game("treehouse");
^
required: String,String,String
found: String
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
1 error
treehouse:~/workspace$
I think I understand why I am getting this error. My game classes has a constructor with three parameters, however when I create a game object in my hangman class I am only giving it one parameter, this being the answer. How do I fix? Unless I am being silly I don't think the video differs to my code. Please help
1 Answer
Tom Achki
3,680 PointsI do not remember the video but if you have 3 parameters required for constructor, you have to provide 3 parameters when you create an object. You can change the constructor to accept 1 parameter. Show me your code if you want more specific answer.