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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Coding the Fun Facts Using an Array

Renan Coutinho
Renan Coutinho
1,373 Points
Posted by Renan Coutinho
Renan Coutinho
1,373 Points

Declare (AKA create) an int variable named numberOfSports and set it to the number of elements in the array using the ar

What i am missing?

Array.java 
String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" };

String bestSport = sports[0];

Random randomGenerator =  new Random();
int numberOfSports = randomGenerator.nextInt(sports.length);

sports = bestSports [numberOfSports];
        return sports;


And i tried it

String[] sports = { "Basketball", "Baseball", "Tennis" };

String bestSport = sports[0];

int numberOfSports = randomGenerator.nextInt(sports.length);
Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points
Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points

The challenge simply asks to store the number of sports in an int variable you declare. This is done by using the length property associated with arrays as follows:

int numberOfSports = sports.length;

2 Answers

Andrew Dummer
Andrew Dummer
6,885 Points
Andrew Dummer
Andrew Dummer
6,885 Points

You don't need to reference randomNumberGenerator in this quiz, that is just part of the video. Simplify your last line to int numberOfSports = sports.length;.