I don't understand where is my mistake

Question

Can someone tell me where I go wrong. Thank you

GoKart.java

class GoKart {
  private String kartColor;

    public GoKart(String color){
    kartColor = color;
  }

  public String getKartColor() {
    return kartColor;
  }


}

Answer 1 · 2017-02-22T13:51:12Z

February 22, 2017 1:51pm

The problem is that you have changed the name of the color field variable, which the task never asked you to do. Changing or adding anything the task does not explicitly ask for will often result in your code being marked as incorrect even if it technically works.

To complete this task you have to leave the color field variable name intact. In order to set the color field variable equal to the color parameter in the constructor you have to use the "this" prefix for the field variable. That makes it clear to Java which of the color variables you are referring to. Like this:

class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

   public GoKart(String color) {
     this.color = color; // "this.color" is the color field variable, "color" is the parameter.
  }
}

That code will allow you to pass onto task 3.

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Borislav Milev

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I don't understand where is my mistake

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