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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Mathias Elbern
Mathias Elbern
648 Points
Posted by Mathias Elbern
Mathias Elbern
648 Points

Error 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

Tweet.java 
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
Marco Boekholt
751 Points
Marco Boekholt
Marco Boekholt
751 Points

If I'm not mistaking you could just do 

  public int getRemainingCharacterCount(){
    return MAX_CHARS - text.length();
  }

and this should work if I am correct.