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Java

Posted by ned stark
ned stark
80 Points

help me

What am I doing wrong?

ERROR

Hangman.java:9: error: non-static method promptforGuess() cannot be referenced from a static context                                                                                                                                           
    boolean isHit = Prompter.promptforGuess();                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                            ^                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
1 error ;

Here is my program:

In Hangman.java:

public class Hangman {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your incredible code goes here...

    Game game = new Game("Treehouse");
    Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game);

    boolean isHit = Prompter.promptforGuess();

    if(isHit){
      System.out.println("You did it!");
    }
    else{
      System.out.println("You missed it");
    }




  }
}

In Prompter.java

import java.util.Scanner;

class Prompter{

  private Game game;

  public Prompter(Game game){
    this.game = game;
  }

  public boolean promptforGuess(){

    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out.print("Enter a letter :  ");
    String guessInput = scanner.nextLine();
    char guess = guessInput.charAt(0);

    return game.applyGuess(guess);
  }
}

Please help me.

1 Answer

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

You are trying to call a static method on the Prompter class instead of calling the method on the instance of Prompter that you created. To fix this, just make the 'p' lowercase:

boolean isHit = prompter.promptforGuess();