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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Constructors

Jonathan Hector
Jonathan Hector
5,225 Points
Posted by Jonathan Hector
Jonathan Hector
5,225 Points

Please help, can't figure why it won't run.

I've created the constructor but it says I NEED to return a data type.

GoKart.java 
public class GoKart {
  private String mColor = "red";

  public goKart(String color){
    return mColor = color;    
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return mColor;
  }
}
Jonathan Hector
Jonathan Hector
5,225 Points
Jonathan Hector
Jonathan Hector
5,225 Points

to the new code I removed the return type in the constructor and still didn't work

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The name of the constructor needs to match the class name exactly, the class is named "GoKart" while your constructor is called "goKart", that capitalization difference makes it a completely different name as far as the compiler is concerned.

Also you do not need to return anything from the constructor, you only need to set mColor equal to color.