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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Privacy and Methods

Posted by coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

I'm not sure how to answer this question

where do i put the public?

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  public String mColor = "red";
  public String getColor() {
  return Color};
}

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi Emily,

1) You'll want to return mColor, because that's the name of the String variable you're using to store the GoKart's color.

2) You'll want to move the closing curling brace that you have inside the return statement to some point after the return statement: the semi-colon is part of the return statement and ends that line, and you want to make sure the closing brace isn't used until after you're done with the body of your getColor() method.

public class GoKart {
  public String mColor = "red";
  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}

Hope this helps!

coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

Thank you so much! I was really stuck there for a while, but you really cleared it up! :)