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Java

Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points
Posted by Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points

I am stuck on: The code in Main.java is going to throw an IllegalArgumentException when the drive method is called...

Not sure what else to try.

      try {
        kart.drive(2);
      }catch (IllegalArgumentExeption iae) {
        System.out.println("Oh oh!!");
        System.out.printf("Your battery is dead", iae.getMessage());

        ```

2 Answers

MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
4,996 Points

i can see you left out curly braces. Try this code bellow. if it works click best answer and if it doesnt give me a shout.

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
        if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
          System.out.println("The battery is empty");
        }
      try {
        kart.drive(2);
      }catch(IllegalArgumentException iae)
      {
      System.out.println(iae.getMessage());
      }
    }
}
Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points
Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points

That worked! Thanks! I had all those brackets, just didn't include them into the forum. The only difference was the bracket after catch. On the videos he has the bracket after catch like this: 

}catch (IllegalArgumentExeption iae) {

you had the bracket on the bottom like this: 

 }catch(IllegalArgumentException iae)
      {

What is the difference?

MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
4,996 Points
MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
MUZ140265 Blessing Kabasa
4,996 Points

please not that u left out the '%s' which is supposed to be replaced by the massage in iae in this statement.

System.out.printf("Your battery is dead", iae.getMessage());

the correct version is as below. please click best answer if it helps and give me a shout if it doesnt

System.out.printf("Error: %s", iae.getMessage());

or just this

System.out.printf(iae.getMessage());
Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points
Alvaro Gutierrez
Alvaro Gutierrez
1,471 Points

Thank you for your quick response. It still isn't working. The error I am getting is: ./Main.java:9: error: cannot find symbol }catch (IllegalArgumentExeption iae) {

Here is my code:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
        if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
          System.out.println("The battery is empty");
        }
         try {
        kart.drive(2);
      }catch (IllegalArgumentExeption iae) {
        System.out.println(iae.getMessage());
         }

      ```