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540 PointsExample.java:34: error: cannot find symbol. need help were is the error.
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Your amazing code goes here...
System.out.println("We are making a new PEZ Dispenser");
System.out.printf("FUN FATCT: There are %d PEZ alloud in every dispenser %n",
PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ);
PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda");
System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n",
dispenser.getCharacterName()
);
if (dispenser.isEmpty()){
System.out.println("Dispenser is Empty");
}
System.out.println("Filling the dispenser with delicious Pez...");
dispenser.fill();
if (!dispenser.isEmpty()){
System.out.println("Dispenser is full");
}
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
System.out.println("Chomp");
}
if(dispenser.isEmpty()){
System.out.println("Ate al the PEZ");
}
dispenser.fill(4);
dispenser.fill(2);
while (dispenser.dispense()){
System.out.println("Chomp!!");
}
try {
dispenser.fill(400);
System.out.println("This will never happen");
} catch (IllegalArgumentExeption iae) {
System.out.println("whoa there!");
System.out.println("The error was %s",
iae.getMessage());
}
}
1 Answer
Lena Hand
Courses Plus Student 1,575 PointsYou're using a formatting symbol (%s) with a println statment. You need to use printf.
System.out.printf("The error was %s",
iae.getMessage());