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Mathias Elbern
648 PointsError geting the remaining character
public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){ return MAX_CHARS-getText().toCharArray().length; }
doesnt work at all and I dont know why says is wrong
public class Tweet {
public static final int MAX_CHARS = 140;
private String text;
public Tweet(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
return MAX_CHARS-getText().toCharArray().length;
}
}
1 Answer
Marco Boekholt
751 PointsIf I'm not mistaking you could just do
public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
return MAX_CHARS - text.length();
}
and this should work if I am correct.