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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Suryapratap Singh Rathore
Suryapratap Singh Rathore
3,012 Points
Posted by Suryapratap Singh Rathore
Suryapratap Singh Rathore
3,012 Points

it shows function accepts no parameter and return int,i could not understand what did i do wrong

the code is successfully compiled

Tweet.java 
public class Tweet {
  private String text;
  public final static int MAX_CHARS = 140;

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

  public String getText() {
    return text;
  }

  public void setText(String text) {
    this.text = text;
  }

  public int intgetRemainingCharacterCount(){
    int abc = text.length();
    int xyz = MAX_CHARS - abc;
    return xyz;
  }
}

2 Answers

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points
<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

this is the correct code:

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

}

Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points
Lauren Moineau
Lauren Moineau
9,483 Points

Hi. You have a small typo in the name of your method: it's not intgetRemainingCharacterCount() but getRemainingCharacterCount() (you wrote an extra int at the start).

Besides the typo in the method's name, the way you wrote your method is absolutely correct. The program is however looking for a simpler solution, where you do not need the intermediate xyz or abc variables you created, but just returning 

return MAX_CHARS - text.length();

as noob developer mentioned above.

Actually, your code will pass the test if you remove just the xyz variable:

public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
    int abc = text.length();
    return MAX_CHARS - abc;
}

Hope that helps :)