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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Splitting Strings

Posted by Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

Using split() in java data structures course.

Is this better? I believe it is, but its still failing the check. Can you give me a second set of eyes?

Thanks Chris

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.getWords("\\s+"); 
  }
}

1 Answer

Jeff Wilton
Jeff Wilton
16,646 Points
Jeff Wilton
Jeff Wilton
16,646 Points

You just need to call the split method like this:

return mBody.split("\\s+");