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Andrew Levy
3,985 PointsJ shell cannot initialise my misses variable
Whenever I try to use jshell I get this error message
attempted to use class Game which cannot be instantiated or its m ethods invoked until variable missses is declared
```class Game { private String answer; private String hits; private String misses;
public Game(String answer) {
this.answer = answer;
hits = "";
misses = "";
}
public boolean applyGuess(char letter) {
boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(letter) != -1;
if (isHit) {
hits += letter;
} else {
misses += letter;
}
return isHit;
}
}```
1 Answer

Steven Parker
220,865 PointsIt looks like you forgot the "this.
" prefix for both "misses" and "hits".
Andrew Levy
3,985 PointsAndrew Levy
3,985 PointsThanks!