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Java Java Objects Meet Objects Add a Constructor

Schwartz Prince
PLUS
Schwartz Prince
Courses Plus Student 2,132 Points
Posted by Schwartz Prince
Schwartz Prince
Courses Plus Student 2,132 Points

Please help me in finding out the error

I couldn't get output for this piece of code. Can someone please help me.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  private String color = "red";

  public Gokart(String color)
    {
      private color = color;
    }
  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }


}

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

You have the bsic of the constructor correct; it is public, returns nothing, takes a String parameter and is named the same as the class. Inside the constructor, you want to set the color variable that already exists within the class. You want to set that to the value that you have passed into the constructor.

Use this to identify that you're setting a variable belonging to the class and assign the passed-in parameter to it.

Something like:

  public GoKart(String color){
    this.color = color;
  }

Here, the first use of color refers to the private member variable inside the class. The second color is the one you created within the constructor. You could call that anything you like, if that's clearer:

  public GoKart(String myColor){
    this.color = myColor;
  }

I hope that helps.

Steve.