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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Remaining Characters

Enyang Mercy
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Enyang Mercy
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Posted by Enyang Mercy
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points

Help !!! Could u pls fix my code? return an int

new method that returns an int

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 int = ;
  }
}

2 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

this seems to work

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

or you could declare the int and then return it:

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