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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Creating New Objects

Posted by Bryce Hunter
Bryce Hunter
1,186 Points

Print out using System.out.printf the color of the new object, using the getColor method.

What am I doing wrong?

Example.java 
public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("We are going to create a GoKart");
      GoKart BryceKart = new GoKart("red");
      System.out.printf ("getColor");
    }
}

2 Answers

Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points
Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points

Since the getColor method returns a string, you could simply call the function within the print function as so:

System.out.printf(BryceKart.getColor());

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Bruce,

here you have created an instance of the GoKart class "BruceKart" and gave it a String representation of color "red"

 GoKart BryceKart = new GoKart("red");

The instance is another word for object of the GoKart class. So now you can call methods from GoKart class using the name of the class object " BryceKart" and the dot operator (.)

You can write:

System.out.printf("The color of the GoKart object is %s ", BryceKart.getColor());

Hope it helps understand the concept a little bit more

Grigorij