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David Lanipekun
564 Pointscan't find the problem in my code keep getting the same errors
public class Hangman {
public static void main(String[] args) { // Your incredible code goes here... Game game = new Game("treehouse"); Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game); boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess(); if (isHit) { System.out.println("We got a hit!"); } else { System.out.println("Oops missed"); } } }
David Lanipekun
564 Points./Prompter.java6: error: reached end of file while parsing } ^ Hangman.java:7 error: cannot find symbol Boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();
symbol: method promptForGuess() location: variable prompter of type Prompter. 2 errors
Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsCan you post the code in your Prompter class? It seems something is missing there.
David Lanipekun
564 Pointsrewrote everything and this is what I got:
Hangman.java:7 error: cannot find symbol Boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess(); ^ symbol: method promptForGuess() location: variable prompter of type Prompter. 1 error
David Lanipekun
564 PointsThis is my rewritten prompter
import java.util.Scanner;
class Prompter { private Game game;
public Prompter(Game game) { this.game = game; }
public boolean promptForGuess() { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Enter a letter: "); String guessInput = scanner.nextLine(); char guess = guessInput.charAt(0); return game.applyGuess(guess);
}
}
David Lanipekun
564 Pointsrewritten hangman
public class Hangman {
public static void main(String[] args) { // Your incredible code goes here... Game game = new Game("treehouse"); Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game); boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess(); if (isHit) { System.out.println("We got a hit!"); } else { System.out.println("Oops missed"); } } }
michaelcodes
5,604 PointsHi there David! If you are working on this project within the treehouse "Workspaces" you can post a snapshot of your workspace here which will help speed up the process of getting help :)
You can do so by opening up the workspace, then at the top right hand corner you should see 3 icons. The left most icon kind of looks like a camera, if you click that it will let you take a snapshot of your workspace and give you a link that you can post here! Happy coding!
David Lanipekun
564 Pointsthis is my error; Hangman.java:7 error: cannot find symbol Boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess(); ^ symbol: method promptForGuess() location: variable prompter of type Prompter. 1 error
2 Answers
Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsThere is a typo in your Prompter class. It should be promptForGuess with a capital F, not promptforGuess. Java cares about capitalization. For the compiler, you're calling a method that doesn't exist.
David Lanipekun
564 PointsThank you how do I make the method exist? I followed the video.
michaelcodes
5,604 PointsHi david, to answer your last question here, the method will exist as long as you type the name correct :)
Livia was just saying that if you don't have the proper capital letters in the name (Matches exactly) the compiler will think your referencing something entirely different, something that doesnt exist!
David Lanipekun
564 Pointsunderstand thx
Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsLivia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsWhat are the errors you get? Can you post them here?