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Java

"not a statement" : error with my Hangman Game in Java.

I am currently working on the Java Objects course and I am trying to show the current progress of the game.

Here is my code :

Hangman.java

public class Hangman {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Game game = new Game("elephant");
    Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game);

    boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();
    if (isHit) {
      System.out.println("You hit !");
    } else {
      System.out.println("You missed...");
    }

    prompter.displayProgress;

  }

}

Prompter.java

import java.util.Scanner;

class Prompter {
  private Game game;

  public Prompter(Game game) {
    this.game = game;
  }

  public boolean promptForGuess() {
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter a letter : ");
    String guessInput = scanner.nextLine();
    char guess = guessInput.charAt(0);
    return game.applyGuess(guess);
  }

  public void displayProgress() {
    System.out.printf(getCurrentProgress);
  }

}

Game.java

class Game {
  private String answer;
  private String hits;
  private String misses;

  public Game(String answer) {
    this.answer = answer;
    hits = "";
    misses = "";
  }

  public boolean applyGuess(char guess) {
    boolean isHit = answer.indexOf(guess) != -1;
    if (isHit) {
      hits += guess;
    } else {
      misses += guess;
    }
    return isHit;
  }

  public String getCurrentProgress() {
    String progress = "";
    for (char letter : answer.toCharArray()) {
      char display = '-';
      if (hits.indexOf(letter) != -1) {
        display = letter;
      }
      progress += display;
    }
    return progress;
  }

}

But when I try to compile this error message appear :

Hangman.java:15: error: not a statement                                                               
    game.displayProgress;                                                                             
        ^                                                                                             
1 error

How can I fix this ?

3 Answers

displayProgress is a method, as such you have to use parenthesis when you call it. Like this:

prompter.displayProgress();
prompter.displayProgress();

Thanks andren and Sascha Schumacher for your response. Next time I will try to be more careful...