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Amit Dhamankar
Amit Dhamankar
4,163 Points
Posted by Amit Dhamankar
Amit Dhamankar
4,163 Points

Is this syntax of constructor Right?

public PezDispenser(String characterName){ String mCharacterName = characterName; mPezCount = 0; }

If yes when I pass a value from Example.java in this case "Yoda" it is returning null. i.e., instead of "Yoda" it is printing "null".

1 Answer

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points

Hello Amit!

You want to make sure to declare String mCharacterName outside of the constructor, and then to just assign it as mCharacterName = characterName inside of the constructor. What you are doing now is scoping mCharacterName inside of the constructor only, so that when you call the instance member mCharacterName it is still null.

So, something like this is what you want:

public class PezDispenser{
    // instance members
    String mCharacterName;
    Integer mPezCount;

    public PezDispenser(String characterName){
        mCharacterName = characterName;
        mPezCount = 0;
    }
}
Amit Dhamankar
Amit Dhamankar
4,163 Points
Amit Dhamankar
Amit Dhamankar
4,163 Points

Thank you Eric. I took the whole day to figure out. And u solved in a jiffy.