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Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,118 Points

New method that returns the remaining characters available, based on the length stored in Text.

Hello, It says i need to try again. I cannot find my failing point. Please help me locate what i am doing wrong here

Here's the code:

public class Tweet { private String mText; public static final int MAX_CHARS = 140; private int remChar;

public Tweet(String text) { mText = text;

}

public String getText() { return mText; }

public int remCharAvailable (){ remChar = MAX_CHARS - mText.length(); return remChar; }

}```

3 Answers

Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,916 Points

You might as well return the expression straight away: return MAX_CHARS - mText.length();

Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points
Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points

I think you just need to declare remChar as an int. { int remChar = MAX_CHARS - mText.length(); return remChar; }

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,118 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,118 Points

Thank you, Pedro, that actually worked.