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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Increment and Decrement

steven roberge
steven roberge
453 Points
Posted by steven roberge
steven roberge
453 Points

Increment drive challenge

I'm working on the Incrementing Drive challenge. I did the short hand method but it gives me the error " Task one is no longer passing". I'm not sure how this could be. Any help would be appreciated.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;
  private int lapsDriven;

  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

  public void charge() {
    barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return barCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return MAX_BARS == barCount;
  }

    public void drive(){
    lapsDriven ++;
  }
}

1 Answer

Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points
Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points

Hi Steven

You wrote the increment in the wrong format:

public void drive(){
    lapsDriven ++;//<-- this is should be lapsDriven++ (no space between lapsDriven and ++ increment)
  }

I hope this will help