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1,535 Pointscould someone help me? I'm stuck
I don't understand what's wrong
public class Tweet {
private String mText;
public static final int MAX_CHARS = 140;
public Tweet(String text) {
mText = text;
}
public void tweet() {
while (mText.length < MAX_CHARS);
}
public String getText() {
return mText;
}
}
3 Answers
karis hutcheson
7,036 Pointspublic void tweet() {
while (mText.length < MAX_CHARS);
}
To expand, you made a "while" loop but did not make a code block for the loop to execute. Write a proper while loop like this:
while ( conditionToCheck ) {
//code to execute while condition is true
}
Kristian Terziev
28,449 PointsPost your error next time. It is most likely located here:
public void tweet() {
while (mText.length < MAX_CHARS);
}
simon bao
5,522 Pointspublic class Tweet {
private String mText;
public static final int MAX_LENGTH = 140;
public Tweet(String text) {
while(text.length() < MAX_LENGTH){
mText = text;
}
}
public String getText() {
return mText;
}
}
Frederick Daso
2,105 PointsFrederick Daso
2,105 PointsWhat is the goal of the exercise? And I think your indentation of public void tweet() may be one space off.