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Youssouf Conde
525 PointsI'm have a hard time understanding why the code won't run.
See code below.
class GoKart {
private String color = "red";
public getColor() {
return color;
}
}
1 Answer
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsYou are SO close. The public method needs to state what type of object will be returned by the method.
add
String
before method name
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
Youssouf Conde
525 PointsYoussouf Conde
525 PointsThank you very much for the quick answer Chris.