Stuck on this spot

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Stuck on the last part of this challenge any help would be appreciated.

GoKart.java

public class GoKart {
  public static final int BATTERY = 8;
  private int mBarsCount;
  private String mColor;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
    mBarsCount = 0;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  } 
}

Answer 1 · 2015-03-17T05:20:49Z

March 17, 2015 5:20am

Robert;

Let's take a look.

Task 3

Finally, let's add a method named charge. It should be public and return nothing. When called it should set mBarsCount to the value of the constant you declared in Task 1.

Wow, that's quite a bit. If we take it bit by bit perhaps it won't be so daunting.

1) Let's add (create) a method named charge that is public and returns nothing. Our basic method layout would be:

public void charge() {}

I find that a good place to put that method is below the getColor() method and before the closing curly bracket.

2) Great! Now we have created our method but it isn't doing anything. Our instructions are to set mBarsCount to our constant from Task 1. It looks like you are calling it BATTERY, so let's use that.

public void charge() {
   mBarsCount = BATTERY;
}

Hopefully that made some sense, if you are still lost on this please post back or watch the videos again as this is an important concept.

Happy coding,

Ken

Answer 2 · 2015-04-07T14:59:38Z

April 7, 2015 2:59pm

To understand how this challenge is connected to the lesson, you could rewatch the video, as suggested. Then, look at this code for your example to follow:

public class PezDispenser {
  public static final int MAX_PEZ = 12;
  private String mCharacterName;
  private int mPezCount;

  public PezDispenser(String characterName) {
    mCharacterName = characterName;
    mPezCount = 0;
  }

  public void load() {
    mPezCount = MAX_PEZ; 
  }

  public String getCharacterName() {
    return mCharacterName;
  }
}

Instead of MAX_PEZ, you are creating MAX_BARS
Instead of mPezCount, you are creating mBarsCount
Instead of a load method, you are creating a charge method

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