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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Changing State

Nina Tanzia
Nina Tanzia
1,755 Points
Posted by Nina Tanzia
Nina Tanzia
1,755 Points

Task 1 no longer working however, my code seems correct.

My code seems correct but is not running because it says the code from task 1 is no longer working.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;

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

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

private int barCount;

  public void charge
  {
  barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }
}

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Your code is in fact not correct. When it comes to programming even the tiniest of typos can easily cause your program to crash. You are missing parenthesis in your charge method declaration. If you add them like this:

public void charge()
{
    barCount = MAX_BARS;
}

Then you will be able to pass the challenge.

Though it's also worth mentioning that while it's not invalid to do so you usually don't place field variables like barCount in the middle of the class. By convention all field variables should be placed at the top of the class. Just like the other field variables in the solution are.

Nina Tanzia
Nina Tanzia
1,755 Points
Nina Tanzia
Nina Tanzia
1,755 Points

I reviewed my code a few times and somehow did not see that I was missing parenthesis in the charge method declaration.

I also moved barCount to the top of the class as you pointed out. Thank you!!!

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

I don't blame you for not noticing it. It can be extremely difficult to spot minor typos like that especially in the beginning. But it's something you'll likely improve on as you get more used to writing and seeing correctly formatted code.