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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Posted by Sarah Kavanagh
Sarah Kavanagh
791 Points

mMisses += letter error?

I'm at 6:20 on the video and keep getting the following error when trying to compile:

location: class Game ./Game.java:23: error: unexpected type mMisses += letter;

required: class found: value

HERE IS MY CODE:

public boolean applyGuess(char letter)
boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >= 0; if (isHit) {
mHits += letter;
}else { mMisses += letter; }

2 Answers

Mikkel Madsen
Mikkel Madsen
4,229 Points

What first i see is that you are missing {} around you applyGuess. And as you didn't put the code i will assume you made public game method. and that you declared the variables. But what i know of this fault is that it cannot find the type as it is not declared anywhere.

Declared variables

private String mAnswer;
private String mHits;
private String mMisses;

public Game:

public Game(String answer){
    mAnswer = answer; 
    mHits = "";
    mMisses = "";
  }

if you have the public game method you applyGuess method should work. Full code should look something like this Game.java

public class Game {

private String mAnswer;
private String mHits;
private String mMisses;

public Game(String answer){
    mAnswer = answer; 
    mHits = "";
    mMisses = "";
}

public boolean applyGuess(char letter){
    boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >= 0;
    if (isHit){
      mHits += letter;
    }else {
      mMisses += letter;
    }
    return isHit;
  }
}

Hope this will help.

Sarah Kavanagh
Sarah Kavanagh
791 Points
Sarah Kavanagh
Sarah Kavanagh
791 Points

Ahh, your right it was literally that 1 { symbol right after
public boolean applyGuess(char letter) { All good now. Thanks for your help.

Mikkel Madsen
Mikkel Madsen
4,229 Points

Your welcome. glad i could help.