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Java

Posted by Aleksandr Smolin
Aleksandr Smolin
904 Points

Weird error message on Code Challenge on the Java track during the second part of the Java Objects Course.

Screenshot of my code and the error: http://joxi.ru/p27gwaJhobaE82 Link to challenge: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/java-objects-2/harnessing-the-power-of-objects/add-a-constant

What to do?

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! I received your request for assistance and took a look at the challenge and your code. You got almost everything correct except you forgot to say what data type MAX_BARS should be. As you know, in Java, it will demand a data type so it's encountering an equals sign before it is expecting one. That doesn't exactly explain the odd formatting of the error though, and I'm guessing it's being put there by the checker on Treehouse's end. Here is the line you're looking for:

 public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;  //note the int inserted here as opposed to your code

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Aleksandr Smolin
Aleksandr Smolin
904 Points

Ah, the most vital part went right over my head! Thank you!