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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Storing Guesses

Posted by Chris Bensen
Chris Bensen
2,835 Points

cannot find symbol

public class Game{
  private String mAnswer;
 private String mHits;
private String mMisses;

    public Game(String answer) {
   mAnswer = answer;
      mHits = "";
      mMisses = "";
  }
  public boolean applyGuess(char letter) {
    boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >= 0;
    if (isHit) {
      mHits += letter;
      return isHit;
    } else {
      mMisses += letter;

}

3 Answers

John Paige
John Paige
7,436 Points
John Paige
John Paige
7,436 Points 
public class Game {
  private String mAnswer;
    private String mHits;
    private String mMisses;

    public Game(String answer) {
        mAnswer = answer;
        mHits = "";
        mMisses = "";
    }

    public boolean applyGuess(char letter)  {
        boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >= 0;
        if (isHit)  {
        mHits += letter;

        } else {
        mMisses += letter;
        }
        return isHit;
    }   
} 

treehouse:~/workspace$ java-repl                                                             
Welcome to JavaREPL version 303 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.8.0_65)           
Type expression to evaluate, :help for more options or press tab to auto-complete.           
java> :load Game.java                                                                        
Loaded source file from Game.java                                                            
java> Game game = new Game("treehouse");                                                     
Game game = Game@1c0972fb                                                                    
java> game.applyGuess('t');                                                                  
java.lang.Boolean res1 = true                                                                
java> game.applyGuess('T');                                                                  
java.lang.Boolean res2 = false                                                               
java>

Hopefully this will work for whoever else had the same problems. I had to resolve both "cannot find symbol" and "NoSuchElement" issues on my workspace. I spell-checked my Game.java file, no errors. I made sure the line "return isHit" was placed correctly as i misplaced it at first. Then I slowly typed my commands in the java-repl, checking that i'm using proper quote symbols on each line. I'm not 100% sure how i finally resolved the "cannot find symbol" error. It was very pesky. But hopefully my code here works for at least one other user -.-'"

Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
6,077 Points
Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
6,077 Points

It's probably because of missing braces

Try this code:

public class Game{
  private String mAnswer;
 private String mHits;
private String mMisses;

    public Game(String answer) {
   mAnswer = answer;
      mHits = "";
      mMisses = "";
  }
  public boolean applyGuess(char letter) {
    boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >= 0;
    if (isHit) {
      mHits += letter;
      return isHit;
    } else {
      mMisses += letter;
     }
}

}