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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Posted by Galara Coding
Galara Coding
624 Points

why did we make a new variable for the charAt(0) method

why we used this line: char guessInput = scanner.nextLine().charAt(0); instead of these two lines: char guessInput = scanner.nextLine(); char guess = guessInput.charAt(0); I try it and it works. what is the difference?

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

You can eliminate intermediate variables with method chaining. Because this technique wasn't covered two lines of code were used instead.

Galara Coding
Galara Coding
624 Points

ok thanks

douaa atouailaa
douaa atouailaa
6,120 Points
douaa atouailaa
douaa atouailaa
6,120 Points

The two lines and the one line solutions give the same result, but with the two lines solution we are allocating an additional variable that we can eliminate since it is used only once to give us another value, allocating a variable means allocating memory and additional reference that we don't really need and we can ultimately avoid via method chaining.