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Brett Dube
2,653 Pointsstage 2 harnessing the power of objects
hie, can some one help me understand what i am doing wrong her, it's saying "looks like you didn't catch the exception" maybe if i can get help on HOW TO catch, i will truly appreciate
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
kart.drive(2);
try {
kart.drive(100);
}catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println ("Alert");
System.out.printf ("There was an error: %s \n", iae.getMessage () );
}
}
}
2 Answers
scottrussell
8,979 PointsYou need to put all the methods kart is calling in the try not just the the one method call. I think this is because kart can throw the exception at anytime. I'm still new my self to this, and any more clarification would be nice.
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
try {
if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
System.out.println("The battery is empty");
}
kart.drive(2);
kart.drive(100);
}catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println ("Alert");
System.out.printf ("There was an error: %s \n", iae.getMessage () );
}
}
}```
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherNot sure where the 100 came from, but the 2 should also cause an Exception right? The battery isEmpty and any attempt to drive will throw an exception.