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1,168 PointsThe code in Main.java is going to throw an IllegalArgumentException when the drive method is called. Catch it and warn t
I keep getting an error that says the exception wasn't caught.
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
try {
kart.drive(2);
} catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
System.out.println("Whoa there!");
System.out.printf("The error was: %d\n", e.getMessage());
}
}
}
1 Answer
Michael Norman
Courses Plus Student 9,399 PointsHey there! I can't tell you why it doesn't give you a better error message than the exception not being caught but the error is in your printf call. Using %d is saying that you will be passing in a decimal integer but the call to getMessage() on the exception object returns a String. it should be replaced with
System.out.printf("The error was: %s%n", e.getMessage());
Betty Heim
1,168 PointsBetty Heim
1,168 PointsThank you!