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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Splitting Strings

Jarvis Chandler
Jarvis Chandler
7,619 Points

Really need help on this one please?

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+"); } }

com/example/BlogPost.java
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+");
                          }
}
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

The challenge mentions the need to use \ to escape. If you're unfamiliar with this, the \ is often used as part of an escape sequence in strings. As such, a literal \ is often representing in a string as \.

6 Answers

Try adding another '\' to your regular expression, like this:

public String[] getWords(){
    String[] string = mBody.split("\\s+");
    return string;
  }
Jarvis Chandler
Jarvis Chandler
7,619 Points

I tried adding it but im still getting the error message

This is what i have

public String[] getWords(){ return mBody.split("\s+");

} }

It looks like you still do not have the double backslash before your "s" in your getWords() method.

Jarvis Chandler
Jarvis Chandler
7,619 Points

It still gets the error message

This code passed the challenge:

public String[] getWords(){
    String[] string = mBody.split("\\s+");
    return string;
  }

If this doesn't work you might exit the challenge and come back or just reset the code then paste this code in; you might have inadvertently made a change somewhere else and is preventing you from completing it.

Jarvis Chandler
Jarvis Chandler
7,619 Points

Thank you; I was stuck on this one for awhile tried everything but its seems to have worked.

Okay good, you're welcome :)