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1,282 Pointspublic String[] getWords() { return mBody().split("\s+"); Getting an error with this
Keep getting an error
package com.example;
import java.util.Date;
public class BlogPost {
private String mAuthor;
private String mTitle;
private String mBody;
private String mCategory;
private Date mCreationDate;
public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
mAuthor = author;
mTitle = title;
mBody = body;
mCategory = category;
mCreationDate = creationDate;
}
public String getAuthor() {
return mAuthor;
}
public String getTitle() {
return mTitle;
}
public String getBody() {
return mBody;
}
public String getCategory() {
return mCategory;
}
public Date getCreationDate() {
return mCreationDate;
}
public String[] getWords() {
return mBody().split("\s+");
}
}
2 Answers
Dan Johnson
40,533 PointsYou don't need the parentheses on mBody. When you want refer to a property or method on an object you just need the period.
For your regular expression you need an extra backslash so you escape the second backslash rather than the s.
Joshua marais
2,955 Pointsthis works for me public String [] getWords(){ return mBody.split("\s+"); }