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Zamy Khan
Courses Plus Student 953 PointsChallenge 2 of task 2 'Meet Objects'
i really need help with this one i have attempted it many times though
4 Answers
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherZamy;
Welcome to Treehouse!
After Task 1 you should have:
public class GoKart {
}
Task 2 asks Now let's temporarily add a public field that we will use to store the color of the GoKart. Let's make it the set to the String of "red".
To declare a public string in Java we would use public String. Let's name our variable something descriptive, like color. Since it is a member variable, it needs to start with an 'm' and color needs to be capitalized. We then need to set the color to "red" per the challange. Our code then should look like:
public String mColor = "red";
Hopefully that helped, if not post back with further questions.
Ken
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherAbby;
I don't see where Craig defines a second class, or inner class. At about 5:30 in the video before this challenge Craig has a line of code similar to what you are saying with:
public class PezDispenser {
public String mCharacterName = "Yoda";
}
In terms of the use of m, it is a popular naming convention to designate class variable names versus local variable names. If you just use Color, in this example, the challenge isn't giving you a syntax error, exactly. It is checking to make sure that a variable named mColor is defined and leaving the m off doesn't meet that criteria.
Class vs. local variable names can cause some confusion and if you have additional questions I would suggest starting a new thread on that issue.
Happy coding,
Ken
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherZamy;
Did you put the variable declaration inside the class? It should be between the curly brackets.
Ken
A X
12,842 PointsWhy are we not adding a class into the second half of the code: public class String mColor = "red"; like in the example video that was gone over before this code challenge?
public class PezDispenser {
public class String mCharactername = "Yoda";
}```
Also why must we use the m in front of mColor? The code will throw a syntax error if you just say Color...why is that? Why is declaring the m so important? Thanks for your help.
Zamy Khan
Courses Plus Student 953 PointsZamy Khan
Courses Plus Student 953 Pointsit didnt work i typed that other one up for task 2 and it said syntax errors