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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Chris Rubio
Chris Rubio
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Posted by Chris Rubio
Chris Rubio
1,643 Points

On minute 5:37 he added 0 into his charAt().. why ??

On minute 5:37 he added 0 into his charAt().. why ??

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The argument to "charAt" is the index of the character you wish to return. Since index values start at 0, "guessInput.charAt(0)" will return the very first character from the string "guessInput".