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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Privacy and Methods

Posted by Fredrick Reid
Fredrick Reid
7,354 Points

Error: Return outside of Method Java Can any help me grasp what and where the method for this code is and are

I had quite a few errors with this code and I've weed most of them out but i can't seem to get this last compiler error to go away I've placed it in many places around the code but still seems to error out and when i watch the video over again the answer still seems to escape my grasp. I'm gonna go watch it again maybe ill get it eventually

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  public String mColor = "red";
}

This is My Code IDK if it showed up here in the post

public class GoKart {
  public String mColor = "red";
  public String getMColor; {
    return mColor; 
  }
}
habtezion dawit
habtezion dawit
1,918 Points
habtezion dawit
habtezion dawit
1,918 Points

i seem to be stuck in the same place, i can't seem to figure out how to add a "public method" or a "getter" to get the color of the go kart, were you able to figure it out in the end?

1 Answer

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Fredrick! It looks like you've got a semi-colon after your function name 'getMColor;'. After the function name would be where we specify any parameters, but if they're aren't any parameters (like in this case), then we just want to put parentheses. So instead you should be using 'getMColor()'. Hope that helps!