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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks
2,624 Points
Posted by Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks
2,624 Points

help me I can't work this out

Bummer: Hmmmm...what if in your getRemainingCharacterCount method you tried to use the MAX_CHARS constant minus the length of the text?

Tweet.java 
public class Tweet {
  private String text;

  public Tweet(String text) {
    this.text = text;
  }

  public String getText() {
    return text;
  }

  public void setText(String text) {
    this.text = text;
  }
  public static final int MAX_CHARS = 140; 
  private String mText;
  private String charsRemaining;


  public int getRemainingCharacterCount() {
      return MAX_CHARS - mText.length();
  }


}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The instructions say "Base your calculation on the field that stores the current text." That variable is already defined on line 2, and named text. Just use that instead of creating another new variable.

Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks
2,624 Points
Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks
2,624 Points

ty so much this helped me I couldn't understand what i was doing wrong