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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

jinhwa yoo
jinhwa yoo
10,042 Points
Posted by jinhwa yoo
jinhwa yoo
10,042 Points

help me

return text - mText.lenght; ???? wrong???

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are close. You have a typo in mText.leng*th()*. You need to subtract the length from the MAX variable you created in Task 1

  public int remainingChars() {
    return MAX_CHAR - mText.length();
  }