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Java

Posted by akshat mehrotra
akshat mehrotra
2,727 Points

can't understand constructor in java.HELP ME

i am learning java but i am stuck on java objects.In the exercise i have to build a constructor for a GO KART but didn't understand it. SOMEONE EXPLAIN IT TO ME PLEASE

tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points

BTW you can press "Get help" in your challange (its a button) this way you challange gets linked the your forum post. This is useful so that we can look at your challange

1 Answer

tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points
tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points

I think this is the code of the challange right?

public class GoKart {
// we will work with this string...we will change and return its value
  private String mColor = "red";

/*****************************************************************
*So if someone writes GoKart("green"); the String color is "green"
* which means that mColor gets that value "green"
*****************************************************************/

  public GoKart(String color) {
    mColor = color;
  }


/*****************************************************************
*The GoKart(String color) constructor changed the value of mColor so
*we return it now with the 'getter' getColor()
*****************************************************************/
  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}

With the contructor here you "create or change" something while the getter returns the value... In practice we might would already return the mColor value in the GoKart method but w/e