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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Posted by Ignacio Uriz
Ignacio Uriz
5,042 Points

Stuck

Help please

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


  public int getRemainingCharacterCount (){
     if (text.length() > MAX_CHAR) {
      for (int i=MAX_CHAR; i<text.length(); i++) {
        text += text.charAt(i);
      }
    }
    return getRemainingCharacterCount ;

}

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

  public String getText() {
    return text;
  }

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

2 Answers

codebyamir
codebyamir
12,108 Points

Hi Ignacio,

The challenge is looking for a public method that will return the remaining character count.

So this will work:

public int getRemainingCharacterCount (){
  return MAX_CHAR - text.length();
}
Ignacio Uriz
Ignacio Uriz
5,042 Points
Ignacio Uriz
Ignacio Uriz
5,042 Points

Thanks