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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Parsing Data Returned in JSON Format

Andy Sing
Andy Sing
2,190 Points
Posted by Andy Sing
Andy Sing
2,190 Points

data parsing final challenge task 3 of 3

i need the format : book title, a comma, a space, and the number of pages.

example : 'book title 1, 300'.

my code output

Log.i("CodeChallenge", "title" + ", " + "pages");

no compiler errors just "bummer! make sure you write each book to the log exactly as specified in the instructions.

Any help much appreciated have worked many different ways of doing it but with out being able to see how it is coming out can't tell what i'm missing.

Amin Lalji
Amin Lalji
1,350 Points
Amin Lalji
Amin Lalji
1,350 Points

Your output must look similar to the following in the LogCat Console right?

CodeChallenge title, pages

It's because you are passing String literals instead of variables.

Try removing the quotation marks around the variables... e,g,

Log.i("CodeChallenge", title + ", " + pages);

Hope this helps

3 Answers

Andy Sing
Andy Sing
2,190 Points
Andy Sing
Andy Sing
2,190 Points

I didn't realize it sorry for the trick question I didn't purposely do that but the error was a couple lines above that line. I was saving the number as a string.

Amin Lalji
Amin Lalji
1,350 Points
Amin Lalji
Amin Lalji
1,350 Points

No Worries - Happens to the best of us :) Feel free to mark my comment above as the best answer if it helped you out.

Ramrakesh Azhagesan
Ramrakesh Azhagesan
7,238 Points
Ramrakesh Azhagesan
Ramrakesh Azhagesan
7,238 Points

// JSONObject 'jsonData' was loaded from data.jsonJSONArray jsonBooks = jsonData.getJSONArray("books");

String name = jsonData.getString("name");

String publisher = jsonData.getString("publisher");

String language = jsonData.getString("language");

JSONArray jsonBooks = jsonData.getJSONArray("books");

for (int i = 0;i < jsonBooks.length();i++) {

JSONObject jsonBook = jsonBooks.getJSONObject(i);

String title = jsonData.getString("title");

int pages = jsonData.getInt("pages");

Log.i("CodeChallenge",title + ", " + pages); }

I am still getting the same error :(

Thanks in advance