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1,679 PointsIllegalArgumentException is not catching?
I can't get my IllegalArgumentException to catch. I don't understand why this is happening since I have the IllegalArgumentException iae then I'm trying to print out the error to the user. Again, not working but yet I have the %s and iae.getMessage() has the string to replace %s. I just don't understand why this isn't working.
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
try {
kart.drive(2);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println("Uh Oh! The error is %s/n", iae.getMessage());
}
}
}
2 Answers
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 PointsWell, there is your problem! That kind of String formatting doesn't work with println()
, only with printf()
. I can't quite recall why, but you should be able to find out ^^
Kevin McFarland
5,122 PointsMikael is correct... just made the same discovery myself. I couldn't figure it out until I I realized that a previous code challenge used the printf instead of println.
Austin Alex
1,679 PointsAustin Alex
1,679 PointsWow, of course it was something stupid lol. Thank you!